linux-kernel - [PATCH next resend 5/5] minmax: Relax check to allow comparison between int and small unsigned constants.

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Message-ID: <48c2cd0407f14859919d4fcbe526234a@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:54:16 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     "'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "'Andy Shevchenko'" <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        'Andrew Morton' <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "'Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)'" <willy@...radead.org>,
        'Christoph Hellwig' <hch@...radead.org>,
        "'Jason A. Donenfeld'" <Jason@...c4.com>
Subject: [PATCH next resend 5/5] minmax: Relax check to allow comparison
 between int and small unsigned constants.

Convert constants between 0 and INT_MAX to 'int' prior to comparisons
so that min(signed_var, 20u) and, more commonly, min(signed_var, sizeof())
are both valid.

Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight@...lab.com>
---

Resend as reply to 0/5

 include/linux/minmax.h | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/minmax.h b/include/linux/minmax.h
index baffbe5c855d..27ebab9f21e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/minmax.h
+++ b/include/linux/minmax.h
@@ -7,17 +7,28 @@
 /*
  * min()/max()/clamp() macros must accomplish three things:
  *
- * - avoid multiple evaluations of the arguments (so side-effects like
+ * - Avoid multiple evaluations of the arguments (so side-effects like
  *   "x++" happen only once) when non-constant.
- * - perform signed v unsigned type-checking (to generate compile
+ * - Perform signed v unsigned type-checking (to generate compile
  *   errors instead of nasty runtime surprises).
- * - retain result as a constant expressions when called with only
+ *   Constants from 0 to INT_MAX are cast to (int) so can be used
+ *   in comparisons with signed types.
+ * - Retain result as a constant expressions when called with only
  *   constant expressions (to avoid tripping VLA warnings in stack
  *   allocation usage).
  */
-#define __types_ok(x, y) \
-	(is_signed_type(typeof(x)) == is_signed_type(typeof(y)) ||	\
-		is_signed_type(typeof((x) + 0)) == is_signed_type(typeof((y) + 0)))
+
+#define __is_noneg_int(x)					\
+	__builtin_choose_expr(!__is_constexpr(x), false, 	\
+		((x) >= 0 && (x) <= (typeof((x) + 0))(long)__INT_MAX__))
+
+#define __int_const(x)	__builtin_choose_expr(__is_noneg_int(x), (int)(long)(x), (x))
+
+#define __is_signed(x)	is_signed_type(typeof(x))
+#define __types_ok(x, y) 					\
+	(__is_signed(x) == __is_signed(y) ||			\
+		__is_signed((x) + 0) == __is_signed((y) + 0) ||	\
+		__is_noneg_int(x) || __is_noneg_int(y))
 
 #define __cmp_op_min <
 #define __cmp_op_max >
@@ -25,24 +36,24 @@
 #define __cmp(op, x, y)	((x) __cmp_op_##op (y) ? (x) : (y))
 
 #define __cmp_once(op, x, y, unique_x, unique_y) ({	\
-	typeof(x) unique_x = (x);			\
-	typeof(y) unique_y = (y);			\
+	typeof(__int_const(x)) unique_x = (x);		\
+	typeof(__int_const(y)) unique_y = (y);		\
 	static_assert(__types_ok(x, y),			\
 		#op "(" #x ", " #y ") signedness error, fix types or consider " #op "_unsigned() before " #op "_t()"); \
 	__cmp(op, unique_x, unique_y); })
 
 #define __careful_cmp(op, x, y)					\
 	__builtin_choose_expr(__is_constexpr((x) - (y)),	\
-		__cmp(op, x, y),				\
+		__cmp(op, __int_const(x), __int_const(y)),	\
 		__cmp_once(op, x, y, __UNIQUE_ID(__x), __UNIQUE_ID(__y)))
 
 #define __clamp(val, lo, hi)	\
 	((val) >= (hi) ? (hi) : ((val) <= (lo) ? (lo) : (val)))
 
 #define __clamp_once(val, lo, hi, unique_val, unique_lo, unique_hi) ({		\
-	typeof(val) unique_val = (val);						\
-	typeof(lo) unique_lo = (lo);						\
-	typeof(hi) unique_hi = (hi);						\
+	typeof(__int_const(val)) unique_val = (val);				\
+	typeof(__int_const(lo)) unique_lo = (lo);				\
+	typeof(__int_const(hi)) unique_hi = (hi);				\
 	static_assert(!__is_constexpr((lo) > (hi)) || (lo) <= (hi),		\
 		"clamp() low limit " #lo " greater than high limit " #hi);	\
 	static_assert(__types_ok(val, lo), "clamp() 'lo' signedness error");	\
-- 
2.17.1

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