[PATCH 1/6] rtc: generic: allow building on all architectures

Andreas Schwab schwab at linux-m68k.org
Wed Mar 2 01:28:40 PST 2016


Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k.org> writes:

>> +#else
>> +#define generic_rtc_ops *(struct rtc_class_ops*)NULL
>> +#endif
>>
>>  static int __init generic_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
>>  {
>>         struct rtc_device *rtc;
>> +       const struct rtc_class_ops *ops;
>> +
>> +       ops = dev_get_platdata(&dev->dev);
>> +       if (!ops)
>> +               ops = &generic_rtc_ops;
>
> I hope no compiler version treats "&*(struct rtc_class_ops*)NULL" as
> undefined behavior?

Yes, that is guaranteed, the operations cancel each other (6.5.3.2#3: If
the operand is the result of a unary * operator, neither that operator
nor the & operator is evaluated and the result is as if both were
omitted).

Andreas.

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