On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 03:14:44 +0100 Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 04:13:41PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > +/** > > > + * in_range - Determine if a value lies within a range. > > > + * @val: Value to test. > > > + * @start: First value in range. > > > + * @len: Number of values in range. > > > + * > > > + * This is more efficient than "if (start <= val && val < (start + len))". > > > + * It also gives a different answer if @start + @len overflows the size of > > > + * the type by a sufficient amount to encompass @val. Decide for yourself > > > + * which behaviour you want, or prove that start + len never overflow. > > > + * Do not blindly replace one form with the other. > > > + */ > > > +#define in_range(val, start, len) \ > > > + sizeof(start) <= sizeof(u32) ? in_range32(val, start, len) : \ > > > + in_range64(val, start, len) > > > > There's nothing here to prevent callers from passing a mixture of > > 32-bit and 64-bit values, possibly resulting in truncation of `val' or > > `len'. > > > > Obviously caller is being dumb, but I think it's cost-free to check all > > three of the arguments for 64-bitness? > > > > Or do a min()/max()-style check for consistently typed arguments? > > How about > > #define in_range(val, start, len) \ > (sizeof(val) | sizeof(start) | size(len)) <= sizeof(u32) ? \ > in_range32(val, start, len) : in_range64(val, start, len) It saves some typing ;) sizeof(val+start+len)? <no>