Re: [PATCH iwl-next 01/12] libeth: add cacheline / struct alignment helpers

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed May 29 2024 - 21:34:20 EST


On Tue, 28 May 2024 15:48:35 +0200 Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
> index 95a59ac78f82..d0cf9a2d82de 100755
> --- a/scripts/kernel-doc
> +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
> @@ -1155,6 +1155,7 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
> $members =~ s/\bstruct_group_attr\s*\(([^,]*,){2}/STRUCT_GROUP(/gos;
> $members =~ s/\bstruct_group_tagged\s*\(([^,]*),([^,]*),/struct $1 $2; STRUCT_GROUP(/gos;
> $members =~ s/\b__struct_group\s*\(([^,]*,){3}/STRUCT_GROUP(/gos;
> + $members =~ s/\blibeth_cacheline_group\s*\(([^,]*,)/struct { } $1; STRUCT_GROUP(/gos;
> $members =~ s/\bSTRUCT_GROUP(\(((?:(?>[^)(]+)|(?1))*)\))[^;]*;/$2/gos;
>
> my $args = qr{([^,)]+)};

Having per-driver grouping defines is a no-go.
Do you need the defines in the first place?
Are you sure the assert you're adding are not going to explode
on some weird arch? Honestly, patch 5 feels like a little too
much for a driver..