netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4: use rb

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Date:   Sun, 22 Jan 2017 21:05:21 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
Cc:     Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4: use rb_entry()

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 10:42:25PM +0800, Geliang Tang wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 09:48:39AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:36:57PM +0800, Geliang Tang wrote:
> > > To make the code clearer, use rb_entry() instead of container_of() to
> > > deal with rbtree.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c | 8 ++++----
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > I don't understand completely the rationale behind this conversion.
> > rb_entry == container_of, why do we need another name for it?
> >
>
> There are several *_entry macros which are defined in kernel data
> structures, like list_entry, hlist_entry, rb_entry, etc. Each of them is
> just another name for container_of. We use different *_entry so that we
> could identify the specific type of data structure that we are dealing
> with.

Your proposed patch doesn't support the importance of such knowledge for
rb_entry. The list_entry case is totally different, because you perform
operation on it.

Anyway, It doesn't matter.
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>

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