Re: [PATCH] docs: deprecated.rst: Clarify open-coded arithmetic with literals

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2021-08-27 at 19:12 +0200, Len Baker wrote:
> Although using literals for size calculation in allocator arguments may
> be harmless due to compiler warnings in case of overflows, it is better
> to refactor the code to avoid the use of open-coded math idiom.
> 
> So, clarify the preferred way in these cases.
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> diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
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> @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ smaller allocation being made than the caller was expecting. Using those
>  allocations could lead to linear overflows of heap memory and other
>  misbehaviors. (One exception to this is literal values where the compiler
>  can warn if they might overflow. Though using literals for arguments as
> -suggested below is also harmless.)
> +suggested below is also harmless. So, the preferred way in these cases is
> +to refactor the code to keep the open-coded math idiom out.)

wordsmithing trivia:

'keep <foo> out' is difficult to parse as 'keep' is generally a positive
word but its meaning is later reversed with out.

'avoid <foo>' maybe be better phrasing.