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Date:      Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:10:23 +0800
From:      Zhenlei Huang <zlei@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Doug Moore <dougm@FreeBSD.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-branches@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: git: 7bcc7a0b88cc - stable/14 - libkern: avoid local var in order_base_2()
Message-ID:  <5BF2F37C-16B4-4B39-B14B-131CE430BB4A@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <803D3DBC-A4F5-47FB-8034-5241461D4A71@freebsd.org>
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> On Feb 11, 2025, at 1:23 PM, Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> On 11 Feb 2025, at 03:30, Zhenlei Huang <zlei@FreeBSD.org <mailto:zlei@FreeBSD.org>> wrote:
>>> On Feb 10, 2025, at 7:15 PM, Doug Moore <dougm@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The branch stable/14 has been updated by dougm:
>>> 
>>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=7bcc7a0b88ccb5e1fe31de88ab9a17e46859318b
>>> 
>>> commit 7bcc7a0b88ccb5e1fe31de88ab9a17e46859318b
>>> Author:     Doug Moore <dougm@FreeBSD.org>
>>> AuthorDate: 2024-09-27 23:43:07 +0000
>>> Commit:     Doug Moore <dougm@FreeBSD.org>
>>> CommitDate: 2025-02-10 10:30:05 +0000
>>> 
>>>  libkern: avoid local var in order_base_2()
>>> 
>>>  order_base_2(n) is implemented with a variable, which keeps it from
>>>  being used at file scope. Implement it instead as ilog2(2*n-1), which
>>>  produces a different result when 2*n overflows, which appears unlikely
>>>  in practice.
>>> 
>>>  Reviewed by:    bz
>>>  Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D46826
>>> 
>>>  (cherry picked from commit b7cbf741d55468ba34305a14ac3acc1c286af034)
>>> ---
>>> sys/sys/libkern.h | 5 +----
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/sys/sys/libkern.h b/sys/sys/libkern.h
>>> index a10289d72dc7..835e5ffaf0b7 100644
>>> --- a/sys/sys/libkern.h
>>> +++ b/sys/sys/libkern.h
>>> @@ -229,10 +229,7 @@ ilog2_long_long(long long n)
>>> 
>>> #define ilog2(n) (__builtin_constant_p(n) ? ilog2_const(n) : ilog2_var(n))
>>> #define rounddown_pow_of_two(n) ((__typeof(n))1 << ilog2(n))
>>> -#define order_base_2(n) ({ \
>>> - __typeof(n) _n = (n); \
>> 
>> This local var `_n` is within the scope of the macro `order_base_2`, it is surrounded with
>> {} and is harmless, so it will not pollute the file scoped variables.
>> 
>> Am I reading the commit message wrong ?
> 
> It’s not about pollution. GNU statement expressions are just not valid
> at file scope, they must be used within a function (since otherwise the
> implementation would have to have a full blown interpreter to constant
> evaluate the whole thing, just like C++ and now C to some extent have
> ended up with these days with constexpr).
> 
> That is, you cannot write:
> 
>  int x = ({ ... });
> 
> at file scope.

Ahh, I see. Thanks for the explaining!

> 
> Jess




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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 11, 2025, at 1:23 PM, Jessica Clarke &lt;<a href="mailto:jrtc27@freebsd.org" class="">jrtc27@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">On 11 Feb 2025, at 03:30, Zhenlei Huang &lt;</span><a href="mailto:zlei@FreeBSD.org" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">zlei@FreeBSD.org</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">&gt; wrote:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 10, 2025, at 7:15 PM, Doug Moore &lt;<a href="mailto:dougm@FreeBSD.org" class="">dougm@FreeBSD.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=""><br class="">The branch stable/14 has been updated by dougm:<br class=""><br class="">URL: <a href="https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=7bcc7a0b88ccb5e1fe31de88ab9a17e46859318b" class="">https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=7bcc7a0b88ccb5e1fe31de88ab9a17e46859318b</a><br class=""><br class="">commit 7bcc7a0b88ccb5e1fe31de88ab9a17e46859318b<br class="">Author: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Doug Moore &lt;<a href="mailto:dougm@FreeBSD.org" class="">dougm@FreeBSD.org</a>&gt;<br class="">AuthorDate: 2024-09-27 23:43:07 +0000<br class="">Commit: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Doug Moore &lt;<a href="mailto:dougm@FreeBSD.org" class="">dougm@FreeBSD.org</a>&gt;<br class="">CommitDate: 2025-02-10 10:30:05 +0000<br class=""><br class="">&nbsp;libkern: avoid local var in order_base_2()<br class=""><br class="">&nbsp;order_base_2(n) is implemented with a variable, which keeps it from<br class="">&nbsp;being used at file scope. Implement it instead as ilog2(2*n-1), which<br class="">&nbsp;produces a different result when 2*n overflows, which appears unlikely<br class="">&nbsp;in practice.<br class=""><br class="">&nbsp;Reviewed by: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bz<br class="">&nbsp;Differential Revision: &nbsp;<a href="https://reviews.freebsd.org/D46826" class="">https://reviews.freebsd.org/D46826</a><br class=""><br class="">&nbsp;(cherry picked from commit b7cbf741d55468ba34305a14ac3acc1c286af034)<br class="">---<br class="">sys/sys/libkern.h | 5 +----<br class="">1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)<br class=""><br class="">diff --git a/sys/sys/libkern.h b/sys/sys/libkern.h<br class="">index a10289d72dc7..835e5ffaf0b7 100644<br class="">--- a/sys/sys/libkern.h<br class="">+++ b/sys/sys/libkern.h<br class="">@@ -229,10 +229,7 @@ ilog2_long_long(long long n)<br class=""><br class="">#define ilog2(n) (__builtin_constant_p(n) ? ilog2_const(n) : ilog2_var(n))<br class="">#define rounddown_pow_of_two(n) ((__typeof(n))1 &lt;&lt; ilog2(n))<br class="">-#define order_base_2(n) ({ \<br class="">- __typeof(n) _n = (n); \<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">This local var `_n` is within the scope of the macro `order_base_2`, it is surrounded with<br class="">{} and is harmless, so it will not pollute the file scoped variables.<br class=""><br class="">Am I reading the commit message wrong ?<br class=""></blockquote><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">It’s not about pollution. GNU statement expressions are just not valid</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">at file scope, they must be used within a function (since otherwise the</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">implementation would have to have a full blown interpreter to constant</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">evaluate the whole thing, just like C++ and now C to some extent have</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">ended up with these days with constexpr).</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">That is, you cannot write:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">&nbsp;int x = ({ ... });</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">at file scope.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Ahh, I see. Thanks for the explaining!</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Jess</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
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