[PATCH 2/6] bug: Improve unlikely() in data corruption check

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Mar 06 2017 - 14:10:26 EST


This improves the compiler branch-hinting used in CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(),
similar to how it is done in WARN_ON() and friends.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/bug.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bug.h b/include/linux/bug.h
index 5828489309bb..5ef65dc2ed8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/bug.h
+++ b/include/linux/bug.h
@@ -129,15 +129,15 @@ static inline enum bug_trap_type report_bug(unsigned long bug_addr,
static inline __must_check bool check_data_corruption(bool v) { return v; }
#define CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(condition, fmt, ...) \
check_data_corruption(({ \
- bool corruption = unlikely(condition); \
- if (corruption) { \
+ bool corruption = !!(condition); \
+ if (unlikely(corruption)) { \
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION)) { \
pr_err(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
BUG(); \
} else \
WARN(1, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
} \
- corruption; \
+ unlikely(corruption); \
}))

#endif /* _LINUX_BUG_H */
--
2.7.4