[PATCH 2/2] test: parenthesize assertion macro parameters

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Apr 29 16:42:29 CEST 2026


From: Weijun Pan <wpan3636 at gmail.com>

Some test assertion macros use parameters directly in expressions,
which can lead to unexpected evaluation due to operator precedence
after macro substitution.

Fix this by parenthesizing macro parameters and the resulting
expressions in rte_test.h

Bugzilla ID: 1925
Fixes: 5afc521eac6a ("eal: add test assert macros")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Weijun Pan <wpan3636 at gmail.com>
---
 .mailmap                   |  1 +
 lib/eal/include/rte_test.h | 12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 0e0d83e1c6..a72bba5fb8 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -1771,6 +1771,7 @@ Weichun Chen <weichunx.chen at intel.com>
 Weifeng Li <liweifeng96 at 126.com>
 Weiguo Li <liweiguo at xencore.cn> <liwg06 at foxmail.com>
 WeiJie Zhuang <zhuangwj at gmail.com>
+Weijun Pan <wpan3636 at gmail.com> <wpan36 at wisc.edu>
 Weiliang Luo <droidluo at gmail.com>
 Weiyuan Li <weiyuanx.li at intel.com>
 Wen Chiu <wchiu at brocade.com>
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_test.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_test.h
index 62c8f165af..d132d3156b 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_test.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_test.h
@@ -26,21 +26,21 @@
 } while (0)
 
 #define RTE_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(a, b, msg, ...) \
-	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(a == b, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT((a) == (b), msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define RTE_TEST_ASSERT_NOT_EQUAL(a, b, msg, ...) \
-	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(a != b, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT((a) != (b), msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define RTE_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(val, msg, ...) \
-	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(val == 0, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT((val) == 0, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define RTE_TEST_ASSERT_FAIL(val, msg, ...) \
-	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(val != 0, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT((val) != 0, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define RTE_TEST_ASSERT_NULL(val, msg, ...) \
-	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(val == NULL, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT((val) == NULL, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define RTE_TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(val, msg, ...) \
-	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(val != NULL, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT((val) != NULL, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #endif /* _RTE_TEST_H_ */
-- 
2.53.0



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