Re: [PATCH 2/2] zstd: Backport Huffman speed improvement from upstream

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 16:52, Nick Terrell <nickrterrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> +/* Calls X(N) for each stream 0, 1, 2, 3. */
> +#define HUF_4X_FOR_EACH_STREAM(X) \
> +    {                             \
> +        X(0)                      \
> +        X(1)                      \
> +        X(2)                      \
> +        X(3)                      \
> +    }
> +
> +/* Calls X(N, var) for each stream 0, 1, 2, 3. */
> +#define HUF_4X_FOR_EACH_STREAM_WITH_VAR(X, var) \
> +    {                                           \
> +        X(0, (var))                             \
> +        X(1, (var))                             \
> +        X(2, (var))                             \
> +        X(3, (var))                             \
> +    }
> +

What shitty compilers do you need to be compatible with?

Because at least for Linux, the above is one single #define:

    #define FOUR(X,y...) do { \
        X(0,##y); X(1,##y); X(2,##y); X(3,##y); \
    } while (0)

and it does the right thing for any number of arguments, ie

    FOUR(fn)
    FOUR(fn1,a)
    FOUR(fn2,a,b)

expands to

    do { fn(0); fn(1); fn(2); fn(3); } while (0)
    do { fn1(0,a); fn1(1,a); fn1(2,a); fn1(3,a); } while (0)
    do { fn2(0,a,b); fn2(1,a,b); fn2(2,a,b); fn2(3,a,b); } while (0)

so unless you need to support some completely garbage compiler
upstream, please just do the single #define.

               Linus