RE: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: Replace the ternary conditional operator with min()

[David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>]

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Sent: 10 June 2023 23:08
> 
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 22:06:35 +0100 Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > OK, as per the pedantic test bot, you'll need to change this to:-
> > > >
> > > > num = min_t(size_t, remains, PAGE_SIZE);
> 
> PAGE_SIZE is a nuisance.  It _usually_ creates the need for a
> cast:
> 
> hp2:/usr/src/linux-6.4-rc4> grep -r "min(.*PAGE_SIZE" . | wc -l
> 117
> hp2:/usr/src/linux-6.4-rc4> grep -r "min_t(.*PAGE_SIZE" . | wc -l
> 279
> 
> Perhaps it should always have been size_t.
> 
> I suppose we could do
> 
> #define PAGE_SIZE_T (size_t)PAGE_SIZE
> 
> And use that where needed.  Mainly because I like the name ;)

Or someone take my patches to relax the checks min() does a bit.
I think I last posted them in January.
Basically:
- unsigned v unsigned is always ok.
- signed v signed is always ok.
- unsigned v signed is ok provided one value is in [0..INT_MAX].
  this can be allowed for compile-time constants.

The usual 'error case' is unsigned v signed when the values
are known (by the person writing the code) to be non-negative.
Doing '(x) + 0u + 0ul + 0ull' zero extends the value without
ever masking it or 'accidentally' converting a pointer.

	David

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