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compiler.h: Introduce absolute_pointer macro
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absolute_pointer() disassociates a pointer from its originating symbol
type and context. Use it to prevent compiler warnings/errors such as

  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c: In function 'i82596_probe':
  arch/m68k/include/asm/string.h:72:25: error:
	'__builtin_memcpy' reading 6 bytes from a region of size 0 [-Werror=stringop-overread]

Such warnings may be reported by gcc 11.x for string and memory
operations on fixed addresses.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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groeck authored and torvalds committed Sep 15, 2021
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Expand Up @@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
(typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off)); })
#endif

#define absolute_pointer(val) RELOC_HIDE((void *)(val), 0)

#ifndef OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR
/* Make the optimizer believe the variable can be manipulated arbitrarily. */
#define OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(var) \
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