Re: [PATCH 3/6] null_blk: code cleaup

From: Chaitanya Kulkarni
Date: Wed Oct 05 2022 - 01:21:36 EST


On 10/4/22 22:02, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> On 10/5/22 12:16, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote:
>> Introduce and use two new macros for calculating the page index from
>> given sector and index (offset) of the sector in the page.
>> The newly added macros makes code easy to read with meaningful name and
>> explanation comments attached to it.
>>
>> While at it adjust the code in the null_free_sector() to return early
>> to get rid of the extra identation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/block/null_blk/main.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
>> index 2d592b4eb815..b82c2ffeb086 100644
>> --- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
>> @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
>> #undef pr_fmt
>> #define pr_fmt(fmt) "null_blk: " fmt
>>
>> +/* Gives page index for which this sector belongs to. */
>
> That is clear from the macro name. Not convinced this comment is useful.
>
>> +#define PAGE_IDX_FROM_SECT(sect) (sect >> PAGE_SECTORS_SHIFT)
>> +/* Gives index (offset) of the sector within page. */
>> +#define SECT_IDX_IN_PAGE(sect) ((sect & SECTOR_MASK) << SECTOR_SHIFT)
>
> SECT_OFFSET_IN_PAGE() ? A "page" not being an array of sectors, using
> index for a sector is a little strange I think. And you use this macro for
> things like:
>
> offset = SECT_IDX_IN_PAGE(sect);
>
> So offset in the name makes more sense.
>
>

okay I'll make it to SECT_OFFSET_IN_PAGE()

-ck