Re: [PATCH] include/uapi/linux/swab.h: add __u16 cast to __swab16 conditional

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 3:20 PM Justin Stitt <jstitt007@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> if __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP16__ is defined then __swab16 utilizes a __u16 cast.
> This same cast should be used if __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP16__ is not defined as
> well. This should fix loads (at least a few) clang -Wformat warnings
> specifically with `ntohs()`
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/378
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <jstitt007@xxxxxxxxx>

I wonder why there's a cast inside the __builtin_constant_p parameter
list? Can't imagine that changing anything. I wonder if this should
be:

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/swab.h b/include/uapi/linux/swab.h
index 7272f85d6d6a..0723a9cce747 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/swab.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/swab.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ __u32
__fswahb32(__u32 val)
 #define __swab16(x) (__u16)__builtin_bswap16((__u16)(x))
 #else
 #define __swab16(x)                            \
-       (__builtin_constant_p((__u16)(x)) ?     \
+       (__u16)(__builtin_constant_p(x) ?       \
        ___constant_swab16(x) :                 \
        __fswab16(x))
 #endif
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ __u32
__fswahb32(__u32 val)
 #define __swab32(x) (__u32)__builtin_bswap32((__u32)(x))
 #else
 #define __swab32(x)                            \
-       (__builtin_constant_p((__u32)(x)) ?     \
+       (__u32)(__builtin_constant_p(x) ?       \
        ___constant_swab32(x) :                 \
        __fswab32(x))
 #endif
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ __u32
__fswahb32(__u32 val)
 #define __swab64(x) (__u64)__builtin_bswap64((__u64)(x))
 #else
 #define __swab64(x)                            \
-       (__builtin_constant_p((__u64)(x)) ?     \
+       (__u64)(__builtin_constant_p(x) ?       \
        ___constant_swab64(x) :                 \
        __fswab64(x))
 #endif
--
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers