Re: [PATCH rdma-next v1 1/3] overflow.h: Add arithmetic shift helper

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On Sun, 2018-07-08 at 13:38 +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> +/*
> + * Compute *d = (a << s)
> + *
> + * Returns true if '*d' cannot hold the result or 'a << s' doesn't make sense.
> + * - 'a << s' causes bits to be lost when stored in d
> + * - 's' is garbage (eg negative) or so large that a << s is guaranteed to be 0

If s >= sizeof(a) * 8 then a << s triggers undefined behavior. There is no guarantee
that the result will be 0. See also
http://blog.llvm.org/2011/05/what-every-c-programmer-should-know_21.html.

> + * - 'a' is negative

What is wrong with using (a << s) if a < 0?

> + * - 'a << s' sets the sign bit, if any, in '*d'

Setting the highest bit is fine if a is unsigned.

> + * *d is not defined if false is returned.
> + */
> +#define check_shift_overflow(a, s, d) ({				\
> +	typeof(a) _a = a;						\
> +	typeof(s) _s = s;						\
> +	typeof(d) _d = d;						\
> +	u64 _a_full = _a;						\
> +	unsigned int _to_shift =					\
> +	_s >= 0 && _s < 8 * sizeof(*d) ? _s : 0;			\
> +	*_d = (_a_full << _to_shift);					\
> +	*d = *_d;							\
> +	(_to_shift != _s || *_d < 0 || _a < 0 ||			\
> +	(*_d >> _to_shift) != _a);					\
> +})

I think the fact that the above macro stores the result in a pointer passed
as argument will reduce readability. How about the macro below, which
addresses all the shortcomings mentioned above?

/*
 * Test whether the result of a shift-left operation would be larger than
 * what fits in a variable with the type of @a. Both signed and unsigned
 * types are supported for @a.
 */
#define shift_left_overflows(a, b)					\
	({								\
		typeof(a) _minus_one = -1LL;				\
		typeof(a) _plus_one = 1;				\
		bool _a_is_signed = _minus_one < 0;			\
		int _shift = sizeof(a) * 8 - ((b) + _a_is_signed);	\
		_shift < 0 || ((a) & ~((_plus_one << _shift) - 1)) != 0;\
	})

Thanks,

Bart.






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