Allow (for example) min(unsigned_var, 20).
The opposite min(signed_var, 20u) is still errored.
Since a comparison between signed and unsigned never makes the unsigned
value negative it is only necessary to adjust the __types_ok() test.
Signed-off-by: David Laight <[email protected]>
---
v4: Only allow comparisons of unsigned against signed constants.
v3: Fix compiler warnings for 'x >= 0' with unsigned/pointer types.
v2: Add cast to fix min/max with pointer types.
include/linux/minmax.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/minmax.h b/include/linux/minmax.h
index b636c3c50248..324894b9cc2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/minmax.h
+++ b/include/linux/minmax.h
@@ -9,13 +9,18 @@
/*
* 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
- * errors instead of nasty runtime surprises).
- * - retain result as a constant expressions when called with only
+ * - Retain result as a constant expressions when called with only
* constant expressions (to avoid tripping VLA warnings in stack
* allocation usage).
+ * - Perform signed v unsigned type-checking (to generate compile
+ * errors instead of nasty runtime surprises).
+ * - Unsigned char/short are always promoted to signed int and can be
+ * compared against signed or unsigned arguments.
+ * - Unsigned arguments can be compared against non-negative signed constants.
+ * - Comparison of a signed argument against an unsigned constant fails
+ * even if the constant is below __INT_MAX__ and could be cast to int.
*/
#define __typecheck(x, y) \
(!!(sizeof((typeof(x) *)1 == (typeof(y) *)1)))
@@ -25,9 +30,14 @@
__builtin_choose_expr(__is_constexpr(is_signed_type(typeof(x))), \
is_signed_type(typeof(x)), 0)
-#define __types_ok(x, y) \
- (__is_signed(x) == __is_signed(y) || \
- __is_signed((x) + 0) == __is_signed((y) + 0))
+/* True for a non-negative signed int constant */
+#define __is_noneg_int(x) \
+ (__builtin_choose_expr(__is_constexpr(x) && __is_signed(x), x, -1) >= 0)
+
+#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 >
--
2.17.1
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