Subject: [PATCH v2 06/27 5.10.y] minmax: Introduce {min,max}_array()

From: Eliav Farber <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:04:58 +0000

From: Herve Codina <[email-masked]>

[ Upstream commit c952c748c7a983a8bda9112984e6f2c1f6e441a5 ]

Introduce min_array() (resp max_array()) in order to get the
minimal (resp maximum) of values present in an array.

Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <[email-masked]>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <[email-masked]>
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <[email-masked]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email-masked]
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Eliav Farber <[email-masked]>
---
 include/linux/minmax.h | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/minmax.h b/include/linux/minmax.h
index 7affadcb2a29..0e89c78810f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/minmax.h
+++ b/include/linux/minmax.h
@@ -151,6 +151,70 @@
  */
 #define max_t(type, x, y)	__careful_cmp((type)(x), (type)(y), >)
 
+/*
+ * Remove a const qualifier from integer types
+ * _Generic(foo, type-name: association, ..., default: association) performs a
+ * comparison against the foo type (not the qualified type).
+ * Do not use the const keyword in the type-name as it will not match the
+ * unqualified type of foo.
+ */
+#define __unconst_integer_type_cases(type)	\
+	unsigned type:  (unsigned type)0,	\
+	signed type:    (signed type)0
+
+#define __unconst_integer_typeof(x) typeof(			\
+	_Generic((x),						\
+		char: (char)0,					\
+		__unconst_integer_type_cases(char),		\
+		__unconst_integer_type_cases(short),		\
+		__unconst_integer_type_cases(int),		\
+		__unconst_integer_type_cases(long),		\
+		__unconst_integer_type_cases(long long),	\
+		default: (x)))
+
+/*
+ * Do not check the array parameter using __must_be_array().
+ * In the following legit use-case where the "array" passed is a simple pointer,
+ * __must_be_array() will return a failure.
+ * --- 8< ---
+ * int *buff
+ * ...
+ * min = min_array(buff, nb_items);
+ * --- 8< ---
+ *
+ * The first typeof(&(array)[0]) is needed in order to support arrays of both
+ * 'int *buff' and 'int buff[N]' types.
+ *
+ * The array can be an array of const items.
+ * typeof() keeps the const qualifier. Use __unconst_integer_typeof() in order
+ * to discard the const qualifier for the __element variable.
+ */
+#define __minmax_array(op, array, len) ({				\
+	typeof(&(array)[0]) __array = (array);				\
+	typeof(len) __len = (len);					\
+	__unconst_integer_typeof(__array[0]) __element = __array[--__len]; \
+	while (__len--)							\
+		__element = op(__element, __array[__len]);		\
+	__element; })
+
+/**
+ * min_array - return minimum of values present in an array
+ * @array: array
+ * @len: array length
+ *
+ * Note that @len must not be zero (empty array).
+ */
+#define min_array(array, len) __minmax_array(min, array, len)
+
+/**
+ * max_array - return maximum of values present in an array
+ * @array: array
+ * @len: array length
+ *
+ * Note that @len must not be zero (empty array).
+ */
+#define max_array(array, len) __minmax_array(max, array, len)
+
 /**
  * clamp_t - return a value clamped to a given range using a given type
  * @type: the type of variable to use
-- 
2.47.3