RE: [PATCH v1] KVM: allow KVM_BUG/KVM_BUG_ON to handle 64-bit cond

From: Wang, Wei W
Date: Thu Mar 02 2023 - 05:26:53 EST


On Thursday, March 2, 2023 12:55 PM, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> I don't get it. Why bothering the type if we just do this?
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h index
> 4f26b244f6d0..10455253c6ea 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> @@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ static inline void kvm_vm_bugged(struct kvm *kvm)
>
> #define KVM_BUG(cond, kvm, fmt...) \
> ({ \
> - int __ret = (cond); \
> + int __ret = !!(cond); \

This is essentially "bool __ret". No biggie to change it this way.
But I'm inclined to retain the original intention to have the macro return
the value that was passed in:
typeof(cond) __ret = (cond);

Let's what others vote for.