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Adrian Kretz 196a8afe76 Merge pull request #28267 from akretz:absdiff-int
Fix absdiff with int arguments #28267

I believe the fix to the undefined behavior described in #27080 is simply casting to unsigned before subtraction, because

1. casting int to unsigned is well-defined; negative values get represented modulo $2^{32}$
2. overflow in unsigned subtraction is well-defined and the results are modulo $2^{32}$

Since we are computing everything modulo $2^{32}$ and the result must always be a non-negative number below $2^{32}$, this computation should be well-defined and correct.

I have verified this on ARM Apple Clang and on x64 Linux gcc with `-O3` and both produce the correct values in the reproducer of #27080. The test I have added fails with the integer overflow on both platforms I have tested. Perhaps @fengyuentau could verify if this also fixes the issue on the platforms he has tested?

I have added a fix and removed the workarounds. I recommended this approach in #28229, but he decided to revert it.


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