[PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix bitwise vs. logical warning

[PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix bitwise vs. logical warning

[Nathan Chancellor]

A new warning in clang points out a use of bitwise OR with boolean
expressions in this driver:

drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c:9061:11: error: use of bitwise '|' with boolean operands [-Werror,-Wbitwise-instead-of-logical]
        else if ((strlencmp(cmd, "level disengaged") == 0) |
                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                                           ||
drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c:9061:11: note: cast one or both operands to int to silence this warning
1 error generated.

This should clearly be a logical OR so change it to fix the warning.

Fixes: fe98a52ce754 ("ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: add sysfs support to fan subdriver")
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1476
Reported-by: Tor Vic <torvic9@mailbox.org>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index 07b9710d500e..7442c3bb446a 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -9058,7 +9058,7 @@ static int fan_write_cmd_level(const char *cmd, int *rc)
 
 	if (strlencmp(cmd, "level auto") == 0)
 		level = TP_EC_FAN_AUTO;
-	else if ((strlencmp(cmd, "level disengaged") == 0) |
+	else if ((strlencmp(cmd, "level disengaged") == 0) ||
 			(strlencmp(cmd, "level full-speed") == 0))
 		level = TP_EC_FAN_FULLSPEED;
 	else if (sscanf(cmd, "level %d", &level) != 1)

base-commit: 85303db36b6e170917a7bc6aae4898c31a5272a0
-- 
2.33.1.637.gf443b226ca

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix bitwise vs. logical warning

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 11:26 AM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> A new warning in clang points out a use of bitwise OR with boolean
> expressions in this driver:
>
> drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c:9061:11: error: use of bitwise '|' with boolean operands [-Werror,-Wbitwise-instead-of-logical]
>         else if ((strlencmp(cmd, "level disengaged") == 0) |
>                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>                                                            ||
> drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c:9061:11: note: cast one or both operands to int to silence this warning
> 1 error generated.
>
> This should clearly be a logical OR so change it to fix the warning.
>
> Fixes: fe98a52ce754 ("ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: add sysfs support to fan subdriver")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1476
> Reported-by: Tor Vic <torvic9@mailbox.org>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

LGTM, thanks for the patch! I guess this would be the first
"interesting" case this warning has found in kernel sources?
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
> index 07b9710d500e..7442c3bb446a 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
> @@ -9058,7 +9058,7 @@ static int fan_write_cmd_level(const char *cmd, int *rc)
>
>         if (strlencmp(cmd, "level auto") == 0)
>                 level = TP_EC_FAN_AUTO;
> -       else if ((strlencmp(cmd, "level disengaged") == 0) |
> +       else if ((strlencmp(cmd, "level disengaged") == 0) ||
>                         (strlencmp(cmd, "level full-speed") == 0))
>                 level = TP_EC_FAN_FULLSPEED;
>         else if (sscanf(cmd, "level %d", &level) != 1)
>
> base-commit: 85303db36b6e170917a7bc6aae4898c31a5272a0
> --
> 2.33.1.637.gf443b226ca
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix bitwise vs. logical warning

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 8:34 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
>
> LGTM, thanks for the patch! I guess this would be the first
> "interesting" case this warning has found in kernel sources?

The patch looks obviously correct (tm), but I'm not convinced that the
warning is actually all that interesting.

The thing is, using bitwise operators for booleans is _exactly_ the
same as using logical ones as long as there are no side effects. In
fact, any compiler worth its salt will already convert some cases
between the two as an optimization just as part of code generation.

Of course, that "as long as there are no side effects" is the big
thing - then the short-circuiting of the actual logical operations
clearly matters. But that wasn't actually the case in this situation
(or in the kvm situation elsewhere).

So in both of these cases, the difference between "|" and "||" ends up
purely being a hint to the compiler.

In this case, even if there are no side effects, it's clearly
pointless to do the second strlencmp() if the first one already
matched, and the "||" is unquestionably the right hint (and honestly,
most compilers probably wouldn't even be able to tell "no side
effects" because it's a fairly complex expression - but since it's
inlined and uses compiler intrinsics, the compiler _might_ actually be
able to see that the two are equivalent).

But no, I don't think that warning is very interesting. In fact, the
warning might be overall detrimental, in case the hints were
intentional (like the kvm case - although I'm not convinced the kvm
hinting was actually meaningful).

                 Linus

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix bitwise vs. logical warning

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:41 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 8:34 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > LGTM, thanks for the patch! I guess this would be the first
> > "interesting" case this warning has found in kernel sources?
>
> The patch looks obviously correct (tm), but I'm not convinced that the
> warning is actually all that interesting.
>
> The thing is, using bitwise operators for booleans is _exactly_ the
> same as using logical ones as long as there are no side effects.

Right, the patch that added the warning explicitly checks for side effects.
https://reviews.llvm.org/D108003
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211018193101.2340261-1-nathan@kernel.org/
is another example that I would point to in favor of the error.
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix bitwise vs. logical warning

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 10:14 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
>
> Right, the patch that added the warning explicitly checks for side effects.

Well, it's a bit questionable. The "side effects" are things like any
pointer dereference, because it could fault, but if you know that
isn't an issue, then clang basically ends up complaining about code
that is perfectly fine. Maybe it was written that way on purpose, like
the kvm code.

Now, it's probably not worth keeping that "bitops of booleans" logic -
if it is a noticeable optimization, it's generally something that the
compiler should do for us, but basically clang is warning about
perfectly valid code.

And what I find absolutely disgusting is the suggested "fix" that
clang gives you.

If the warning said "maybe you meant to use a logical or (||)", then
that would be one thing. But what clang suggests as the "fix" for the
warning is just bad coding practice.

If a warning fix involves making the code uglier, then the warning fix is wrong.

This is not the first time we've had compilers suggesting garbage. Gcc
used to suggest (perhaps still does) the "extra parenthesis" for
"assignment used as a truth value" situation. Which is - once again -
disgusting garbage.

Writing code like

        if (a = b) ..

is bad and error prone. But the suggestion to "fix" the warning with

        if ((a = b)) ..

is just completely unacceptably stupid, and is just BAD CODE.

The proper fix might be to write it like

        if ((a = b) != 0) ...

which at least makes the truth value part explicit - in ways that a
silly double parenthesis does not. Or, better yet, write it as

        a = b;
        if (a) ..

instead, which is legible and fine.

The clang suggestion to add a cast to 'int' to avoid the warning is
the same kind of "write bad code" suggestion. Just don't do it.

             Linus

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix bitwise vs. logical warning

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 05:38:09PM -1000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 10:14 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > Right, the patch that added the warning explicitly checks for side effects.
> 
> Well, it's a bit questionable. The "side effects" are things like any
> pointer dereference, because it could fault, but if you know that
> isn't an issue, then clang basically ends up complaining about code
> that is perfectly fine. Maybe it was written that way on purpose, like
> the kvm code.
> 
> Now, it's probably not worth keeping that "bitops of booleans" logic -
> if it is a noticeable optimization, it's generally something that the
> compiler should do for us, but basically clang is warning about
> perfectly valid code.
> 
> And what I find absolutely disgusting is the suggested "fix" that
> clang gives you.
> 
> If the warning said "maybe you meant to use a logical or (||)", then
> that would be one thing. But what clang suggests as the "fix" for the
> warning is just bad coding practice.

For what it's worth, the suggested fix is the '||' underneath the
warning text:

In file included from arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c:5:
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h:318:9: error: use of bitwise '|' with boolean operands [-Werror,-Wbitwise-instead-of-logical]
        return __is_bad_mt_xwr(rsvd_check, spte) |
               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                                 ||
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h:318:9: note: cast one or both operands to int to silence this warning
1 error generated.

Perhaps that hint should also be added to the warning text, like:

In file included from arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c:5:
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h:318:9: error: use of bitwise '|' with boolean operands; did you mean logical '||'? [-Werror,-Wbitwise-instead-of-logical]
        return __is_bad_mt_xwr(rsvd_check, spte) |
               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                                 ||
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h:318:9: note: cast one or both operands to int to silence this warning
1 error generated.

It is late for me but I can push that change to the clang developers and
see what they think tomorrow if that would help?

Cheers,
Nathan

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix bitwise vs. logical warning

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 7:00 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> For what it's worth, the suggested fix is the '||' underneath the
> warning text:
>
> In file included from arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c:5:
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h:318:9: error: use of bitwise '|' with boolean operands [-Werror,-Wbitwise-instead-of-logical]
>         return __is_bad_mt_xwr(rsvd_check, spte) |
>                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>                                                  ||
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h:318:9: note: cast one or both operands to int to silence this warning
> 1 error generated.

Hmm. That's not at all obvious.

The *much* bigger part is that

   note: cast one or both operands to int to silence this warning

which is what I'm complaining about. That note should die. It should
say "maybe you meant to use a logical or" or something like that.

> Perhaps that hint should also be added to the warning text, like:
>
> In file included from arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c:5:
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h:318:9: error: use of bitwise '|' with boolean operands; did you mean logical '||'? [-Werror,-Wbitwise-instead-of-logical]
>         return __is_bad_mt_xwr(rsvd_check, spte) |
>                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>                                                  ||
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h:318:9: note: cast one or both operands to int to silence this warning

I don't understand why you seem to continue to ignore the "note"
message, which makes a completely crazy suggestion.

                 Linus

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix bitwise vs. logical warning

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 10/18/21 20:25, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> A new warning in clang points out a use of bitwise OR with boolean
> expressions in this driver:
> 
> drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c:9061:11: error: use of bitwise '|' with boolean operands [-Werror,-Wbitwise-instead-of-logical]
>         else if ((strlencmp(cmd, "level disengaged") == 0) |
>                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>                                                            ||
> drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c:9061:11: note: cast one or both operands to int to silence this warning
> 1 error generated.
> 
> This should clearly be a logical OR so change it to fix the warning.
> 
> Fixes: fe98a52ce754 ("ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: add sysfs support to fan subdriver")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1476
> Reported-by: Tor Vic <torvic9@mailbox.org>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

Thank you for your patch, I've applied this patch to my review-hans 
branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86.git/log/?h=review-hans

Note it will show up in my review-hans branch once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

Once I've run some tests on this branch the patches there will be
added to the platform-drivers-x86/for-next branch and eventually
will be included in the pdx86 pull-request to Linus for the next
merge-window.

Regards,

Hans


> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
> index 07b9710d500e..7442c3bb446a 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
> @@ -9058,7 +9058,7 @@ static int fan_write_cmd_level(const char *cmd, int *rc)
>  
>  	if (strlencmp(cmd, "level auto") == 0)
>  		level = TP_EC_FAN_AUTO;
> -	else if ((strlencmp(cmd, "level disengaged") == 0) |
> +	else if ((strlencmp(cmd, "level disengaged") == 0) ||
>  			(strlencmp(cmd, "level full-speed") == 0))
>  		level = TP_EC_FAN_FULLSPEED;
>  	else if (sscanf(cmd, "level %d", &level) != 1)
> 
> base-commit: 85303db36b6e170917a7bc6aae4898c31a5272a0
>