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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, cyan@fb.com, hsiangkao@aol.com,
	joe@perches.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, vvs@virtuozzo.com
Subject: [patch 04/25] lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c: document deliberate use of `&'
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:41:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200611014132.ApEMh2E59%akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200610184053.3fa7368ab80e23bfd44de71f@linux-foundation.org>

From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c: document deliberate use of `&'

This operation was intentional, but tools such as smatch will warn that it
might not have been.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3bf931c6ea0cae3e23f3485801986859851b4f04.camel@perches.com
Cc: Yann Collet <cyan@fb.com>
Cc: Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com>
Cc: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@aol.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c~lib-lz4-lz4_decompressc-document-deliberate-use-of
+++ a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_g
 		 * space in the output for those 18 bytes earlier, upon
 		 * entering the shortcut (in other words, there is a
 		 * combined check for both stages).
+		 *
+		 * The & in the likely() below is intentionally not && so that
+		 * some compilers can produce better parallelized runtime code
 		 */
 		if ((endOnInput ? length != RUN_MASK : length <= 8)
 		   /*
_

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-06-11  1:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-11  1:40 incoming Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 01/25] khugepaged: selftests: fix timeout condition in wait_for_scan() Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 02/25] scripts/spelling: add a few more typos Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 03/25] kcov: check kcov_softirq in kcov_remote_stop() Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 05/25] nilfs2: fix null pointer dereference at nilfs_segctor_do_construct() Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 06/25] checkpatch: correct check for kernel parameters doc Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 07/25] lib: fix bitmap_parse() on 64-bit big endian archs Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 08/25] mm/debug_vm_pgtable: fix kernel crash by checking for THP support Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 09/25] ocfs2: fix spelling mistake and grammar Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 10/25] mm: add comments on pglist_data zones Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 11/25] lib: test get_count_order/long in test_bitops.c Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 12/25] stacktrace: cleanup inconsistent variable type Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:41 ` [patch 13/25] kernel: move use_mm/unuse_mm to kthread.c Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 14/25] " Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 15/25] kernel: better document the use_mm/unuse_mm API contract Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 16/25] kernel: set USER_DS in kthread_use_mm Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 17/25] mm/madvise: pass task and mm to do_madvise Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 18/25] mm/madvise: introduce process_madvise() syscall: an external memory hinting API Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 19/25] mm/madvise: check fatal signal pending of target process Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 20/25] pid: move pidfd_get_pid() to pid.c Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 21/25] mm/madvise: support both pid and pidfd for process_madvise Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 22/25] mm/madvise: allow KSM hints for remote API Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 23/25] mm: support vector address ranges for process_madvise Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 24/25] mm: use only pidfd for process_madvise syscall Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  1:42 ` [patch 25/25] mm/madvise.c: remove duplicated include Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  5:25 ` [to-be-updated] mm-pass-task-and-mm-to-do_madvise.patch removed from -mm tree Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  5:26 ` [to-be-updated] mm-introduce-external-memory-hinting-api.patch " Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  5:26 ` [to-be-updated] mm-check-fatal-signal-pending-of-target-process.patch " Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  5:26 ` [to-be-updated] pid-move-pidfd_get_pid-function-to-pidc.patch " Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  5:26 ` [to-be-updated] mm-support-both-pid-and-pidfd-for-process_madvise.patch " Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  5:26 ` [to-be-updated] mm-madvise-allow-ksm-hints-for-remote-api.patch " Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  5:26 ` [to-be-updated] mm-support-vector-address-ranges-for-process_madvise.patch " Andrew Morton
2020-06-11  5:26 ` [to-be-updated] mm-use-only-pidfd-for-process_madvise-syscall.patch " Andrew Morton

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