[PATCH v3] rcu: shift 64-bit constant to avoid implicit 32 to 64 bit conversion
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Tue Nov 19 10:59:39 CET 2024
15/11/2024 16:25, Andre Muezerie:
> ../lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c(101): warning C4334: '<<': result of 32-bit
> shift implicitly converted to 64 bits (was 64-bit shift intended?)
> ../lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c(107): warning C4334: '<<': result of 32-bit
> shift implicitly converted to 64 bits (was 64-bit shift intended?)
> ../lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c(145): warning C4334: '<<': result of 32-bit
> shift implicitly converted to 64 bits (was 64-bit shift intended?)
>
> These warnings are being issued by the MSVC compiler. Since the result is
> being stored in a variable of type uint64_t, it makes sense to shift a
> 64-bit number instead of shifting a 32-bit number and then having the
> compiler to convert the result implicitly to 64 bits.
> UINT64_C was used in the fix as it is the portable way to define a 64-bit
> constant (ULL suffix is architecture dependent).
>
> From reading the code this is also a bugfix:
> (1 << id), where id = thread_id & 0x3f, was wrong when thread_id > 0x1f.
>
> Fixes: 64994b56cfd7 ("rcu: add RCU library supporting QSBR mechanism")
>
> Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <andremue at linux.microsoft.com>
> Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli at arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
Applied, thanks.
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