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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] docs: deprecated.rst: Clarify open-coded arithmetic with literals
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Len Baker <len.baker@gmx.com> writes:

> 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.
>
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Len Baker <len.baker@gmx.com>
> ---
> Changelog v1 -> v2
> - Clarify the sentence by changing "keep <foo> out" with "avoid <foo>"
> (Joe Perches).
>
> Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> index 9d83b8db8874..b5a8be914178 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> @@ -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 avoid the open-coded math idiom.)

Sorry for being so slow to get to this... honestly, though, I've been
staring at it for a bit and cannot figure out what you are trying to
communicate. What does "math idiom" mean here? If you are trying to
say that using literals is *not* harmless, then perhaps the first part
of the parenthetical should be taken out?

Confused...

jon

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