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SubjectRe: [PATCH] tcp: don't use __constant_cpu_to_be32
On (03/16/19 14:19), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > See my recent commit a0517a0f7ef23 ("selftests/bpf: use
> > __bpf_constant_htons in test_prog.c") where compiler was not smart
> > enough to figure it out (you can google similar issues for GCC < 4.8).
>
> Allow me to disagree.
>
> The error in a0517a0f7ef23 says
>
> error: implicit declaration of function '__builtin_bswap16'
>
> which doesn't sound like "the compiler was not smart".
>
> Let's look at __swab16
>
> 100 #ifdef __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP16__
> 101 #define __swab16(x) (__u16)__builtin_bswap16((__u16)(x))
> 102 #else
> 103 #define __swab16(x) \
> 104 (__builtin_constant_p((__u16)(x)) ? \
> 105 ___constant_swab16(x) : \
> 106 __fswab16(x))
> 107 #endif
>
> We can call __builtin_bswap16() only when the compiler has that builtin,
> which is what #ifdef __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP16__ for.
>
> But this is not what tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_endian.h does
>
> # define __bpf_ntohs(x) __builtin_bswap16(x)
> # define __bpf_htons(x) __builtin_bswap16(x)
>
> So I sort of suspect that what should have been done was that
> __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP16__ ifdef, just like what include/uapi/linux/swab.h
> does.

E.g.

#define ____const(x) printf("const %d\n", (x))
#define ____noconst(x) printf("noconst %d\n", (x))
#define const_test(x) (__builtin_constant_p(x) ? ____const((x)) : ____noconst((x)))

The compiler should optimize out !__builtin_constant_p (dead code elimination
phase - dce), if it can compile the code in the first place.

So if we replace ____noconst with

#define ____noconst(x) printf2("noconst %d\n", (x))

then compiler wouldn't be able to compile the code and thus wouldn't
be able to perform dce.

__builtin_constant_p, unlike `#if 0', is not handled by the preprocessor.

Verified with gcc 8.3, gcc 4.9, gcc 4.7 at compiler explorer website
https://gcc.godbolt.org/ - GCC is smart enough to figure out
__builtin_constant_p and do dce, given that it compile the code.

-ss

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