Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net v2] ice: use proper macro for testing bit

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 02:58:59PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 16:16:41 +0100
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 11:43:38AM +0200, Petr Oros wrote:
> >> Do not use _test_bit() macro for testing bit. The proper macro for this
> >> is one without underline.
> > 
> > Hi Petr,
> > 
> > it might be nice to include a brief explanation as to
> > why test_bit() is correct.
> 
> Let me explain this as the author of all those bitops wrappers :D
> Petr is free to include either this or his own brief into v2.
> 
> _test_bit() is what test_bit() was prior to my const-optimization. It
> directly calls arch_test_bit(), i.e. the arch-specific implementation
> (or the generic one). It's strictly _internal_ and shouldn't be used
> anywhere outside the actual test_bit() macro.
> 
> test_bit() is a wrapper which checks whether the bitmap and the bit
> number are compile-time constants and if so, it calls the optimized
> function which evaluates this call to a compile-time constant as well.
> If either of them is not a compile-time constant, it just calls _test_bit().
> test_bit() is the actual function to use anywhere in the kernel.
> 
> IOW, calling _test_bit() avoids potential compile-time optimizations.
> 
> >From what I see in the code, &sensors is not a compile-time constant,
> thus most probably there are no object code changes before and after
> the patch. But anyway, we shouldn't call internal wrappers instead of
> the actual API, so this fix is correct.

Thanks for this very comprehensive description, now I know :)

> >> Fixes: 4da71a77fc3b ("ice: read internal temperature sensor")
> >> Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
> >> Acked-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
> 
> To be added to v2:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
> 
> Thanks,
> Olek
>