netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 05/12] net: dsa: b53: Use a macro to define I/O operations

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:53:51 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Florian Fainelli' <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com" 
        <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 05/12] net: dsa: b53: Use a macro to define I/O
 operations

From: Florian Fainelli
> Sent: 18 September 2017 22:41
> Instead of repeating the same pattern: acquire mutex, read/write, release
> mutex, define a macro: b53_build_op() which takes the type (read|write), I/O
> size, and value (scalar or pointer). This helps with fixing bugs that could
> exit (e.g: missing barrier, lock etc.).
....
> +#define b53_build_op(type, op_size, val_type)	\
> +static inline int b53_##type##op_size(struct b53_device *dev, u8 page,		\
> +				      u8 reg, val_type val)			\
> +{										\
> +	int ret;								\
> +										\
> +	mutex_lock(&dev->reg_mutex);						\
> +	ret = dev->ops->type##op_size(dev, page, reg, val);			\
> +	mutex_unlock(&dev->reg_mutex);						\
> +										\
> +	return ret;								\
>  }

Why separate the 'type' and 'op_size' arguments since they
are always pasted together?

	David