netdev - Re: 2.6.21-rc2-mm2: drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c addr bogosity

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Date:	Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:19:07 -0500
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc2-mm2: drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c addr bogosity

Probably should copy me and linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org.  Other than
that, this looks fine to me.  I'll queue it up shortly.

John

On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 01:11:46PM +1100, Tony Breeds wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 03:00:57PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 23:41:16 +0100
> > Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:44:08AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > >...
> > > > Changes since 2.6.20-rc2-mm1:
> > > >...
> > > >  git-netdev-all.patch
> > > >...
> > > >  git trees
> > > >...
> > > 
> > > drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c contains:
> > >   #define item_addr(n) ((u32) &((wlan_adapter *)0)->n)
> > > 
> > > This is wrong on 64bit architectures.
> > 
> > Is OK - it is simply yet another reimplementation of offsetof().  Hint.
> 
> Perhaps something like?
> 
> Against 2.6.21-rc3-mm2
> 
> From: Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com>
> 
> Cleanup drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c to use standard kernel macros and functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com>
> 
> ---
> only compile tested on x86
> 
>  debugfs.c |   41 ++++-------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c
> index 3ad1e03..51dfd20 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c
> @@ -1772,8 +1772,8 @@ void libertas_debugfs_remove_one(wlan_private *priv)
>  
>  /* debug entry */
>  
> -#define item_size(n) (sizeof ((wlan_adapter *)0)->n)
> -#define item_addr(n) ((u32) &((wlan_adapter *)0)->n)
> +#define item_size(n)	(FIELD_SIZEOF(wlan_adapter, n))
> +#define item_addr(n)	(offsetof(wlan_adapter, n))
>  
>  struct debug_data {
>  	char name[32];
> @@ -1789,40 +1789,7 @@ static struct debug_data items[] = {
>  	{"psstate", item_size(psstate), item_addr(psstate)},
>  };
>  
> -static int num_of_items = sizeof(items) / sizeof(items[0]);
> -
> -/**
> - *  @brief convert string to number
> - *
> - *  @param s   	   pointer to numbered string
> - *  @return 	   converted number from string s
> - */
> -static int string_to_number(char *s)
> -{
> -	int r = 0;
> -	int base = 0;
> -
> -	if ((strncmp(s, "0x", 2) == 0) || (strncmp(s, "0X", 2) == 0))
> -		base = 16;
> -	else
> -		base = 10;
> -
> -	if (base == 16)
> -		s += 2;
> -
> -	for (s = s; *s != 0; s++) {
> -		if ((*s >= 48) && (*s <= 57))
> -			r = (r * base) + (*s - 48);
> -		else if ((*s >= 65) && (*s <= 70))
> -			r = (r * base) + (*s - 55);
> -		else if ((*s >= 97) && (*s <= 102))
> -			r = (r * base) + (*s - 87);
> -		else
> -			break;
> -	}
> -
> -	return r;
> -}
> +static int num_of_items = ARRAY_SIZE(items);
>  
>  /**
>   *  @brief proc read function
> @@ -1912,7 +1879,7 @@ static int wlan_debugfs_write(struct file *f, const char __user *buf,
>  			if (!p2)
>  				break;
>  			p2++;
> -			r = string_to_number(p2);
> +			r = simple_strtoul(p2, NULL, 0);
>  			if (d[i].size == 1)
>  				*((u8 *) d[i].addr) = (u8) r;
>  			else if (d[i].size == 2)
> Yours Tony
> 
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