netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/5] net sched actions: fix coding style in pedit action

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:25:37 -0400
From:   Roman Mashak <mrv@...atatu.com>
To:     Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...atatu.com,
        jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/5] net sched actions: fix coding style in pedit action

Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com> writes:

> On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 12:56 -0400, Roman Mashak wrote:
>> Fix coding style issues in tc pedit action detected by the
>> checkpatch script.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Roman Mashak <mrv@...atatu.com>
> ...
>
>> ---
>> @@ -316,16 +318,15 @@ static int tcf_pedit(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
>>  						hoffset + tkey->at);
>>  					goto bad;
>>  				}
>> -				d = skb_header_pointer(skb, hoffset + tkey->at, 1,
>> -						       &_d);
>> +				d = skb_header_pointer(skb, hoffset + tkey->at,
>> +						       1, &_d);
>> 				if (!d)
>>  					goto bad;
>>  				offset += (*d & tkey->offmask) >> tkey->shift;
>>  			}
>
> hello Roman,
>
> nit: while we are here, what about changing the declaration of _d and *d
> to u8, so that the bitwise operation is done on unsigned?

Yes makes sense, I will send v2 in net-next once opened. Thanks Davide.

> BTW: the patch (and the series) looks ok, but I guess it will better
> target net-next when the branch reopens