Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: replace rtw_netdev_priv define with inline function

[Ivan Safonov]

On 8/1/20 12:51 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 12:47:07PM +0300, Ivan Safonov wrote:
> > The function guarantees type checking of arguments and return value.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ivan Safonov <insafonov@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/osdep_service.h | 6 ++++--
> >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/osdep_service.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/osdep_service.h
> > index 31d897f1d21f..e0ccafdea9cd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/osdep_service.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/osdep_service.h
> > @@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ struct rtw_netdev_priv_indicator {
> >   };
> >   struct net_device *rtw_alloc_etherdev_with_old_priv(void *old_priv);
> >   
> > -#define rtw_netdev_priv(netdev)					\
> > -	(((struct rtw_netdev_priv_indicator *)netdev_priv(netdev))->priv)
> > +static inline struct adapter *rtw_netdev_priv(struct net_device *dev)
> > +{
> > +	return (((struct rtw_netdev_priv_indicator *)netdev_priv(dev))->priv);
> > +}
> >   void rtw_free_netdev(struct net_device *netdev);
>
> Is the cast really needed?

(struct rtw_netdev_priv_indicator *) cast needed for access to '->priv'.

The (struct adapter *) return type is a starting point for simplify
    struct adapter *padapter = (struct adapter *)rtw_netdev_priv(dev);
constructions.

> And no blank line before the next function prototype?

In v2.

> And is this really needed?  Type checking is already happening as this
> is a "simple" macro, right?

1. The flexibility of macros is not needed here.
2. The macro silently assigns ->priv to any pointer, while the function 
indicates such a compile-time error.

Ivan Safonov.