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Message-Id: <20200607182428.0d9ce5139b9ab4f36eefca1b@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 18:24:28 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc: Yann Collet <cyan@...com>, Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>,
Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@....com>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Gao Xiang <xiang@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/lz4: smatch warning in LZ4_decompress_generic()
On Sun, 07 Jun 2020 18:02:44 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-06-08 at 00:40 +0000, Yann Collet wrote:
> > Hi Vasily
> >
> >
> > If I do understand the discussion, the question is about usage of `&` instead of `&&`,
> > and the speculation that it might be an error.
> >
> > It's not an error. Unfortunately, explaining the reasoning behind this decision is a bit long.
>
> Likely better to add a comment around the use so that
> another patch like this doesn't get submitted again.
>
> Perhaps something like:
Yup.
From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c: document deliberate use of `&'
This operation was intentional, but tools such as smatch will warn that it
might not have been.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3bf931c6ea0cae3e23f3485801986859851b4f04.camel@perches.com
Cc: Yann Collet <cyan@...com>
Cc: Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
Cc: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@....com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c~lib-lz4-smatch-warning-in-lz4_decompress_generic
+++ a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_g
* space in the output for those 18 bytes earlier, upon
* entering the shortcut (in other words, there is a
* combined check for both stages).
+ *
+ * The & in the likely() below is intentionally not && so that
+ * some compilers can produce better parallelized runtime code
*/
if ((endOnInput ? length != RUN_MASK : length <= 8)
/*
_
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