@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include <asm/types.h>
#include <linux/bits.h>
+#include <linux/typecheck.h>
#include <uapi/linux/kernel.h>
@@ -253,6 +254,55 @@ static __always_inline void __assign_bit(long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr,
__clear_bit(nr, addr);
}
+/**
+ * __ptr_set_bit - Set bit in a pointer's value
+ * @nr: the bit to set
+ * @addr: the address of the pointer variable
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * void *p = foo();
+ * __ptr_set_bit(bit, &p);
+ */
+#define __ptr_set_bit(nr, addr) \
+ ({ \
+ typecheck_pointer(*(addr)); \
+ __set_bit(nr, (unsigned long *)(addr)); \
+ })
+
+/**
+ * __ptr_clear_bit - Clear bit in a pointer's value
+ * @nr: the bit to clear
+ * @addr: the address of the pointer variable
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * void *p = foo();
+ * __ptr_clear_bit(bit, &p);
+ */
+#define __ptr_clear_bit(nr, addr) \
+ ({ \
+ typecheck_pointer(*(addr)); \
+ __clear_bit(nr, (unsigned long *)(addr)); \
+ })
+
+/**
+ * __ptr_test_bit - Test bit in a pointer's value
+ * @nr: the bit to test
+ * @addr: the address of the pointer variable
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * void *p = foo();
+ * if (__ptr_test_bit(bit, &p)) {
+ * ...
+ * } else {
+ * ...
+ * }
+ */
+#define __ptr_test_bit(nr, addr) \
+ ({ \
+ typecheck_pointer(*(addr)); \
+ test_bit(nr, (unsigned long *)(addr)); \
+ })
+
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#ifndef set_mask_bits
@@ -22,4 +22,13 @@
(void)__tmp; \
})
+/*
+ * Check at compile time that something is a pointer type.
+ */
+#define typecheck_pointer(x) \
+({ typeof(x) __dummy; \
+ (void)sizeof(*__dummy); \
+ 1; \
+})
+
#endif /* TYPECHECK_H_INCLUDED */