Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 6/6] Staging: rtl8188eu: core: Use list_entry instead of container_of

[Julia Lawall]

On Sat, 30 Sep 2017, Srishti Sharma wrote:

> For variables of type struct list_head* use list_entry to access
> current list element instead of using container_of. Done by the
> following semantic patch by coccinelle.
>
> @r@
> struct list_head* l;
> @@
>
> -container_of
> +list_entry
>   (l,...)
>
> Signed-off-by: Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> index be2f46e..29e9ee9 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> @@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ void rtw_free_xmitframe_queue(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct __queue *pfram
>  	plist = phead->next;
>
>  	while (phead != plist) {
> -		pxmitframe = container_of(plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
> +		pxmitframe = list_entry(plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
>
>  		plist = plist->next;

It looks to me like this loop could be rewritten using
list_for_each_entry_safe.  The entry is because you only do something
interesting with the entry and the safe is because the elements of the
list are deleted along the way.  Perhaps the others canbe changed this way
too.

julia



>
> @@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ static struct xmit_frame *dequeue_one_xmitframe(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, str
>  	xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_phead->next;
>
>  	if (xmitframe_phead != xmitframe_plist) {
> -		pxmitframe = container_of(xmitframe_plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
> +		pxmitframe = list_entry(xmitframe_plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
>
>  		xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_plist->next;
>
> @@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ struct xmit_frame *rtw_dequeue_xframe(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct hw_xmi
>  		sta_plist = sta_phead->next;
>
>  		while (sta_phead != sta_plist) {
> -			ptxservq = container_of(sta_plist, struct tx_servq, tx_pending);
> +			ptxservq = list_entry(sta_plist, struct tx_servq, tx_pending);
>
>  			pframe_queue = &ptxservq->sta_pending;
>
> @@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ static void dequeue_xmitframes_to_sleeping_queue(struct adapter *padapter, struc
>  	plist = phead->next;
>
>  	while (phead != plist) {
> -		pxmitframe = container_of(plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
> +		pxmitframe = list_entry(plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
>
>  		plist = plist->next;
>
> @@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ void wakeup_sta_to_xmit(struct adapter *padapter, struct sta_info *psta)
>  	xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_phead->next;
>
>  	while (xmitframe_phead != xmitframe_plist) {
> -		pxmitframe = container_of(xmitframe_plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
> +		pxmitframe = list_entry(xmitframe_plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
>
>  		xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_plist->next;
>
> @@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ void wakeup_sta_to_xmit(struct adapter *padapter, struct sta_info *psta)
>  		xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_phead->next;
>
>  		while (xmitframe_phead != xmitframe_plist) {
> -			pxmitframe = container_of(xmitframe_plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
> +			pxmitframe = list_entry(xmitframe_plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
>
>  			xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_plist->next;
>
> @@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@ void xmit_delivery_enabled_frames(struct adapter *padapter, struct sta_info *pst
>  	xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_phead->next;
>
>  	while (xmitframe_phead != xmitframe_plist) {
> -		pxmitframe = container_of(xmitframe_plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
> +		pxmitframe = list_entry(xmitframe_plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
>
>  		xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_plist->next;
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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