RISC-V uses the macro __riscv_xlen, predefined by GCC, to make the distinction between 32 or 64 bit code.
However, sparse doesn't know anything about this macro which lead to wrong warnings and failures. Fix this by adding a define of __riscv_xlen to CHECKFLAGS and add one for __riscv too. Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenr...@gmail.com> --- arch/riscv/Makefile | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile index 76e958a54..6d4a5f6c3 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/Makefile +++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile @@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += $(call cc-option,-mno-relax) # architectures. It's faster to have GCC emit only aligned accesses. KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mstrict-align) +# arch specific predefines for sparse +CHECKFLAGS += -D__riscv -D__riscv_xlen=$(BITS) + head-y := arch/riscv/kernel/head.o core-y += arch/riscv/kernel/ arch/riscv/mm/ -- 2.17.1
