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Message-Id: <20181105131305.574d85469f08a4b76592feb6@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 5 Nov 2018 13:13:05 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab.h: Avoid using & for logical and of booleans

On Mon,  5 Nov 2018 12:40:00 -0800 Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org> wrote:

> This patch suppresses the following sparse warning:
> 
> ./include/linux/slab.h:332:43: warning: dubious: x & !y
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static __always_inline enum kmalloc_cache_type kmalloc_type(gfp_t flags)
>  	 * If an allocation is both __GFP_DMA and __GFP_RECLAIMABLE, return
>  	 * KMALLOC_DMA and effectively ignore __GFP_RECLAIMABLE
>  	 */
> -	return type_dma + (is_reclaimable & !is_dma) * KMALLOC_RECLAIM;
> +	return type_dma + is_reclaimable * !is_dma * KMALLOC_RECLAIM;
>  }
>  
>  /*

I suppose so.

That function seems too clever for its own good :(.  I wonder if these
branch-avoiding tricks are really worthwhile.

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