[PATCH] minmax: Add notes to min_t and max_t

[Abhishek Pandit-Subedi]

Both min_t and max_t are problematic as they can hide issues when
comparing differently sized types (and especially differently signed
types). Update the comments to nudge users to other options until
there is a better fix for these macros.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/01e3e09005e9434b8f558a893a47c053@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whwEAc22wm8h9FESPB5X+P4bLDgv0erBQMa1buTNQW7tA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Abhishek Pandit-Subedi <abhishekpandit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Andy Shevchenko made me aware of this particular footgun in
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/ZcZ_he1jYx8w57mK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/.

While David + others work on the full fix, I'm hoping to apply a
bandaid in the form of comments so the problem doesn't get worse by devs
(**cough** me **cough**) inadvertently doing the wrong thing.


 include/linux/minmax.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/minmax.h b/include/linux/minmax.h
index 2ec559284a9f..96646f840a1f 100644
--- a/include/linux/minmax.h
+++ b/include/linux/minmax.h
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@
 
 /**
  * min_t - return minimum of two values, using the specified type
+ *
+ * Note: Downcasting types in this macro can cause incorrect results. Prefer to
+ * use min() which does typechecking.
+ *
+ * Prefer to use clamp if you are trying to compare to size_t.
+ *
+ * Don't:
+ *   min_t(size_t, buf_size, sizeof(foobar))
+ *
+ * Do:
+ *  clamp(buf_size, 0, sizeof(foobar))
+ *
  * @type: data type to use
  * @x: first value
  * @y: second value
@@ -162,6 +174,10 @@
 
 /**
  * max_t - return maximum of two values, using the specified type
+ *
+ * Note: Downcasting types in this macro can cause incorrect results. Prefer to
+ * use max() which does typechecking.
+ *
  * @type: data type to use
  * @x: first value
  * @y: second value
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