netdev - Re: [PATCH] net, llc: Avoid undefined behaviour in llc_conn_ac_inc_vr_by

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1106260158450.23991@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:01:05 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	acme@...stprotocols.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net, llc: Avoid undefined behaviour in
 llc_conn_ac_inc_vr_by_1()

On Sat, 25 Jun 2011, David Miller wrote:

> From: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:11:12 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> > Introduce a sequence point (;) between two writes to llc_sk(sk)->vR in
> > net/llc/llc_c_ac.c:llc_conn_ac_inc_vr_by_1() so that the order in
> > which the writes happen become well defined.
> > 
> > While the code may work fine now it may break at any time with a
> > different compiler, a new version of current compiler or even just a
> > different optimization level of the current compiler. Much better to
> > clearly express what's intended in a way that guarantees the result.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> 
> How about fixing the macro so that it doesn't have side effects
> like this?
> 
> That's much better than a 6 line (improperly formatted, BTW) comment
> every time someone tried to use that macros with an lvalue that isn't
> a local variable.

Sure, that's also a way to go - better probably.
I just thought that I would fix up the one call site I found that was 
problematic...
But gimme a couple of days (I don't have much free time) and I'll cook up 
a different patch.

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