Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 05/11] net/nebula-matrix: add channel layer

From: Andrew Lunn

Date: Thu Feb 05 2026 - 22:48:34 EST


> +static int nbl_chan_init_msg_handler(struct nbl_channel_mgt *chan_mgt)
> +{
> + struct nbl_common_info *common = chan_mgt->common;
> + struct nbl_hash_tbl_key tbl_key;
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + NBL_HASH_TBL_KEY_INIT(&tbl_key, common->dev, sizeof(u16),
> + sizeof(struct nbl_chan_msg_node_data),
> + NBL_CHAN_HANDLER_TBL_BUCKET_SIZE);


> +#define NBL_HASH_TBL_KEY_INIT(key, dev_arg, key_size_arg, data_size_arg,\
> + bucket_size_arg) \
> +do { \
> + typeof(key) __key = key; \
> + __key->dev = dev_arg; \
> + __key->key_size = key_size_arg; \
> + __key->data_size = data_size_arg; \
> + __key->bucket_size = bucket_size_arg; \
> + __key->resv = 0; \
> +} while (0)


Why a macro? This could be a function. I don't see anything magical
here.

Andrew