Re: [PATCH 00/17] Add memberof(), split some headers, and slightly simplify code

[Jani Nikula]

On Fri, 19 Nov 2021, Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I simplified some xxxof() macros,
> by adding a new macro memberof(),
> which implements a common operation in many of them.
>
> I also splitted many of those macros into tiny headers,
> since I noticed that touching those headers implied
> recompiling almost the whole kernel.
>
> Hopefully after this patch there will be less
> things to recompile after touching one of those.
>
> Having simpler headers means that now one can
> include one of those without pulling too much stuff
> that might break other stuff.
>
> I removed some unnecessary casts too.
>
> Every few commits in this series
> and of course after the last commit
> I rebuilt the kernel and run for a while with it without any problems.
>
> Please note that I have written very few kernel code
> and for example some files wouldn't let me include some of these files,
> so I didn't change those.
>
> What I mean is that,
> even though this is super obvious and shouldn't break stuff,
> and I'm not new to C,
> I'm quite new to the kernel,
> and ask that reviewers take deep look, please.
>
>
> In the first and second commits
> I changed a lot of stuff in many parts,
> and that's why I CCd so many people (also in this cover letter).
> However, to avoid spamming,
> and since it would be a nightmare to
> find all the relevant people affected in so many different areas,
> I only CCd in 01, 02 and in the cover letter.
> If anyone is interested in reading the full patch set,
> I sent it to the LKML.

I think with the patch split you have this would be a nightmare to get
merged. Please consider refactoring the headers first, and once those
are reviewed and merged, you can proceed with using them elsewhere. For
example, we'd want the drm/i915 changes in patches separate from changes
to other drivers or the core headers.

BR,
Jani.



>
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
>
> Alejandro Colomar (17):
>   linux/container_of.h: Add memberof(T, m)
>   Use memberof(T, m) instead of explicit NULL dereference
>   Replace some uses of memberof() by its wrappers
>   linux/memberof.h: Move memberof() to separate header
>   linux/typeof_member.h: Move typeof_member() to a separate header
>   Simplify sizeof(typeof_member()) to sizeof_field()
>   linux/NULL.h: Move NULL to a separate header
>   linux/offsetof.h: Move offsetof(T, m) to a separate header
>   linux/offsetof.h: Implement offsetof() in terms of memberof()
>   linux/container_of.h: Implement container_of_safe() in terms of
>     container_of()
>   linux/container_of.h: Cosmetic
>   linux/container_of.h: Remove unnecessary cast to (void *)
>   linux/sizeof_field.h: Move sizeof_field(T, m) to a separate header
>   include/linux/: Include a smaller header if just for NULL
>   linux/offsetofend.h: Move offsetofend(T, m) to a separate header
>   linux/array_size.h: Move ARRAY_SIZE(arr) to a separate header
>   include/: Include <linux/array_size.h> for ARRAY_SIZE()
>
>  arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h        |  3 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/signal_compat.c               |  5 ++--
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sw_fence.c          |  1 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h             |  5 ++--
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.h       |  3 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h        | 10 +++----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/ether1.c          |  7 +++--
>  drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c                    |  3 +-
>  drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be.h                    | 12 ++++----
>  drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_cmds.h               |  5 +++-
>  fs/btrfs/ctree.h                              |  5 ++--
>  fs/proc/inode.c                               |  1 +
>  include/acpi/actypes.h                        |  4 ++-
>  include/crypto/internal/blake2b.h             |  1 +
>  include/crypto/internal/blake2s.h             |  1 +
>  include/crypto/internal/chacha.h              |  1 +
>  include/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.h                    |  1 +
>  include/drm/drm_mode_object.h                 |  1 +
>  include/kunit/test.h                          |  1 +
>  include/linux/NULL.h                          | 10 +++++++
>  include/linux/arm_ffa.h                       |  1 +
>  include/linux/array_size.h                    | 15 ++++++++++
>  include/linux/blk_types.h                     |  1 +
>  include/linux/can/core.h                      |  1 +
>  include/linux/clk-provider.h                  |  1 +
>  include/linux/container_of.h                  | 28 ++++++++++-------
>  include/linux/counter.h                       |  1 +
>  include/linux/crash_core.h                    |  1 +
>  include/linux/efi.h                           |  1 +
>  include/linux/extable.h                       |  2 +-
>  include/linux/f2fs_fs.h                       |  1 +
>  include/linux/filter.h                        |  3 ++
>  include/linux/fs.h                            |  1 +
>  include/linux/genl_magic_func.h               |  1 +
>  include/linux/hashtable.h                     |  1 +
>  include/linux/ieee80211.h                     |  1 +
>  include/linux/kbuild.h                        |  3 ++
>  include/linux/kernel.h                        |  7 +----
>  include/linux/kfifo.h                         |  1 +
>  include/linux/kvm_host.h                      |  3 ++
>  include/linux/libata.h                        |  1 +
>  include/linux/llist.h                         |  1 +
>  include/linux/memberof.h                      | 11 +++++++
>  include/linux/mlx5/device.h                   |  1 +
>  include/linux/mlx5/driver.h                   |  1 +
>  include/linux/mm_types.h                      |  1 +
>  include/linux/moduleparam.h                   |  3 ++
>  include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h                   |  1 +
>  include/linux/netdevice.h                     |  1 +
>  include/linux/netfilter.h                     |  1 +
>  include/linux/nvme-fc.h                       |  2 ++
>  include/linux/offsetof.h                      | 17 +++++++++++
>  include/linux/offsetofend.h                   | 19 ++++++++++++
>  include/linux/pagemap.h                       |  1 +
>  include/linux/phy.h                           |  1 +
>  include/linux/phy_led_triggers.h              |  1 +
>  include/linux/pinctrl/machine.h               |  1 +
>  include/linux/property.h                      |  1 +
>  include/linux/rcupdate.h                      |  1 +
>  include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h                 |  1 +
>  include/linux/regmap.h                        |  1 +
>  include/linux/sched/task.h                    |  1 +
>  include/linux/sizeof_field.h                  | 14 +++++++++
>  include/linux/skb_array.h                     |  1 +
>  include/linux/skbuff.h                        |  1 +
>  include/linux/skmsg.h                         |  3 ++
>  include/linux/slab.h                          |  2 ++
>  include/linux/spinlock_types.h                |  1 +
>  include/linux/stddef.h                        | 30 +++----------------
>  include/linux/string.h                        |  5 +++-
>  include/linux/surface_aggregator/controller.h |  1 +
>  include/linux/surface_aggregator/serial_hub.h |  1 +
>  include/linux/swap.h                          |  1 +
>  include/linux/ti-emif-sram.h                  |  1 +
>  include/linux/typeof_member.h                 | 11 +++++++
>  include/linux/ucs2_string.h                   |  2 +-
>  include/linux/vdpa.h                          |  1 +
>  include/linux/virtio_config.h                 | 17 ++++++-----
>  include/linux/wireless.h                      |  2 ++
>  include/net/bond_3ad.h                        |  1 +
>  include/net/dsa.h                             |  1 +
>  include/net/ip_vs.h                           |  1 +
>  include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h    |  1 +
>  include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h             |  1 +
>  include/net/netlink.h                         |  1 +
>  include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h                   |  1 +
>  include/rdma/uverbs_named_ioctl.h             |  1 +
>  include/scsi/scsi_host.h                      |  1 +
>  include/sound/soc-dapm.h                      |  1 +
>  include/sound/soc.h                           |  1 +
>  include/trace/events/wbt.h                    |  1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_sctp.h        |  1 +
>  include/xen/hvm.h                             |  1 +
>  kernel/kallsyms.c                             |  3 +-
>  94 files changed, 255 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/NULL.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/array_size.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/memberof.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/offsetof.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/offsetofend.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/sizeof_field.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/typeof_member.h

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center