Re: [PATCH 02/10] compiler.h: add is_const() as a replacement of __is_constexpr()

[Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>]

> > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
> > index a2a56a50dd85227a4fdc62236a2710ca37c5ba52..30ce06df4153cfdc0fad9bc7bffab9097f8b0450 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/compiler.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
> > @@ -316,6 +316,47 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
> >  #define statically_true(x) (__builtin_constant_p(x) && (x))
> >  #define statically_false(x) (__builtin_constant_p(x) && (x) == 0)
> > 
> > +/*
> > + * Whether x is the integer constant expression 0 or something else.
> > + *
> > + * Details:
> > + *   - The C11 standard defines in §6.3.2.3.3
> > + *       (void *)<integer constant expression with the value 0>
> > + *     as a null pointer constant (c.f. the NULL macro).
> > + *   - If x evaluates to the integer constant expression 0,
> > + *       (void *)(x)
> > + *     is a null pointer constant. Else, it is a void * expression.
> > + *   - In a ternary expression:
> > + *       condition ? operand1 : operand2
> > + *     if one of the two operands is of type void * and the other one
> > + *     some other pointer type, the C11 standard defines in §6.5.15.6
> > + *     the resulting type as below:
> > + *       if one operand is a null pointer constant, the result has the
> > + *       type of the other operand; otherwise [...] the result type is
> > + *       a pointer to an appropriately qualified version of void.
> > + *   - As such, in
> > + *       0 ? (void *)(x) : (char *)0
> > + *     if x is the integer constant expression 0, operand1 is a null
> > + *     pointer constant and the resulting type is that of operand2:
> > + *     char *. If x is anything else, the type is void *.
> > + *   - The (long) cast silences a compiler warning for when x is not 0.
> > + *   - Finally, the _Generic() dispatches the resulting type into a
> > + *     Boolean.
> 
> The comment is absolutely excessive.

I like this comment. Particularly I like the references to the standard
followed by a step-by-step explanation of how the macro is built.

> I'm sure I managed about 2 lines in one of the patches I did.

Sorry, don't understand this.

Thanks,
Yury

> > + *
> > + * Glory to Martin Uecker <Martin.Uecker@med.uni-goettingen.de>
> 
> IIRC Martin has agreed in the past that the accreditation can
> be removed - especially since it refers to the 'sizeof (void)' trick.
> 
> > + */
> > +#define __is_const_zero(x) \
> > +	_Generic(0 ? (void *)(long)(x) : (char *)0, char *: 1, void *: 0)
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Returns a constant expression while determining if its argument is a
> > + * constant expression, most importantly without evaluating the argument.
> 
> You need to differentiate between a 'constant integer expression'
> and a 'compile time constant'.
>  
> > + *
> > + * If getting a constant expression is not relevant to you, use the more
> > + * powerful __builtin_constant_p() instead.
> 
> __builtin_constant_p() is not 'more powerful' it is testing for
> something different.
> 
> 	David
> 
> > + */
> > +#define is_const(x) __is_const_zero(0 * (x))
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * This is needed in functions which generate the stack canary, see
> >   * arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c::start_secondary() for an example.
> > 
> > --
> > 2.45.2
> > 
> 
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