Re: [PATCH] IB/mlx4: Avoid implicit enumerated type conversion
From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Wed Sep 26 2018 - 21:08:10 EST
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 08:37:22PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 03:29:38PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:27 PM Nathan Chancellor
> > <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 03:24:36PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 12:57 PM Nathan Chancellor
> > > > <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Clang warns when one enumerated type is implicitly converted to another.
> > > > >
> > > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c:1811:41: warning: implicit conversion
> > > > > from enumeration type 'enum mlx4_ib_qp_flags' to different enumeration
> > > > > type 'enum ib_qp_create_flags' [-Wenum-conversion]
> > > > > qp_init_attr.init_attr.create_flags = MLX4_IB_SRIOV_TUNNEL_QP;
> > > > > ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > >
> > > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c:1819:41: warning: implicit conversion
> > > > > from enumeration type 'enum mlx4_ib_qp_flags' to different enumeration
> > > > > type 'enum ib_qp_create_flags' [-Wenum-conversion]
> > > > > qp_init_attr.init_attr.create_flags = MLX4_IB_SRIOV_SQP;
> > > > > ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > >
> > > > > The type mlx4_ib_qp_flags explicitly provides supplemental values to the
> > > > > type ib_qp_create_flags. Make that clear to Clang by changing the
> > > > > create_flags type to u32.
> > > > >
> > > > > Reported-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > include/rdma/ib_verbs.h | 2 +-
> > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
> > > > > index e463d3007a35..f6f4d9e3c8ed 100644
> > > > > +++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
> > > > > @@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ struct ib_qp_init_attr {
> > > > > struct ib_qp_cap cap;
> > > > > enum ib_sig_type sq_sig_type;
> > > > > enum ib_qp_type qp_type;
> > > > > - enum ib_qp_create_flags create_flags;
> > > > > + u32 create_flags;
> > > >
> > > > I think it might be better to just have explicit casts at the
> > > > assignment. What do the maintainers think?
> > > >
> > >
> > > That's fine with me, I tend to explicitly cast if it is only one
> > > location but it certainly makes sense in this case as well. I'll
> > > wait for the maintainers to weigh in before sending a v2.
> >
> > Yeah, I mean my opinion on this might seem arbitrary, but based on the
> > pattern and the comment in ib_qp_create_flags, those enum values are
> > reserved to be "subclassed" in a sense, so they should always be in
> > sync or this code will have bigger problems.
>
> One should not use an 'enum' type name for bitfield storage, as once
> you start or'ing things together the values no longer fall on the
> enum. Some compilers and tools even give warnings in this case, ie
>
> enum x foo = X_A | X_B;
>
> Is an assignment from 'int' to an 'enum x' with an implicit cast.
>
> For this reason, usually bitfield enum declarations should be
> anonymous.
>
> Jason
Hi Jason,
I apologize for not understanding but how should I adjust my patch so
that it is acceptable? Do you want the explicit casts like Nick
suggested?
Thanks for the comments,
Nathan