Re: precedence bug in MAKE_PROCESS_CPUCLOCK macro?

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> I'm seeing the following warning compiling with Clang:
> 
> kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c:1397:29: warning: shifting a negative
> signed value is undefined
>       [-Wshift-negative-value]
>         return posix_cpu_clock_get(THREAD_CLOCK, tp);
>                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c:1367:22: note: expanded from macro 'THREAD_CLOCK'
> #define THREAD_CLOCK    MAKE_THREAD_CPUCLOCK(0, CPUCLOCK_SCHED)
>                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ./include/linux/posix-timers.h:48:2: note: expanded from macro
> 'MAKE_THREAD_CPUCLOCK'
>         MAKE_PROCESS_CPUCLOCK((tid), (clock) | CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD_MASK)
>         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ./include/linux/posix-timers.h:46:23: note: expanded from macro
> 'MAKE_PROCESS_CPUCLOCK'
>         ((~(clockid_t) (pid) << 3) | (clockid_t) (clock))
>           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
> 
> If I understand C's operator precedence rules
> (http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/language/operator_precedence)
> correctly, then I suspect the problem is in the sub-expression:
> 
> (~(clockid_t) (pid) << 3)
> 
> where pid (an argument to the macro) is first cast to a clockid_t (aka
> [signed] int), then negated, then shifted by 3 (oops, undefined
> behavior).
> 
> Should the result after negation be cast to an unsigned int, or should
> the left shift happen before negation?
> 
> CPUCLOCK_PID and CLOCKID_TO_FD seem to shift then negate, but
> FD_TO_CLOCKID seems to have the same issue as MAKE_PROCESS_CPUCLOCK.
> 
> Changing the sub-expression to:
> 
> (~(clockid_t) ((pid) << 3))
> 
> changes what it evaluates to.  Changing it to:
> 
> (~(unsigned) (pid) << 3)
> 
> or
> 
> ((unsigned) ~(clockid_t) (pid) << 3)
> 
> or
> 
> (((unsigned) ~(clockid_t) (pid)) << 3) /* ugly */

All of these are butt ugly. And the same problem exists for FD_TO_CLOCKID.

My preference would be to replace all these crappy macros with simple
inline functions.

Thanks,

	tglx