linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] aoe: Convert use of __constant

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Date:	Fri, 19 Jun 2015 20:45:00 -0400
From:	Ed Cashin <ed.cashin@....org>
To:	Vaishali Thakkar <vthakkar1994@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aoe: Convert use of __constant_<foo> to <foo>

OK.  Thanks.

On 06/18/2015 11:15 PM, Vaishali Thakkar wrote:
> In little endian cases, the macros htons and cpu_to_be16 unfolds
> to __swab16 which provides special case for constants. In big
> endian cases, __constant_htons and htons expand directly to the
> same expression. The same applies for __constant_cpu_to_be16 and
> cpu_to_be16.
>
> So, replace __constant_htons with htons and __constant_cpu_to_be16
> with cpu_to_be16 with the goal of getting rid of the definitions
> __constant_htons and __constant_cpu_to_be16 completely.
>
> The semantic patch that performs this transformation is as follows:
>
> @@expression x;@@
>
> (
> - __constant_htons(x)
> + htons(x)
> |
> - __constant_cpu_to_be16(x)
> + cpu_to_be16(x)
> )
>
> Signed-off-by: Vaishali Thakkar <vthakkar1994@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> index 422b7d8..6e891d2 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ new_skb(ulong len)
>   		skb_reserve(skb, MAX_HEADER);
>   		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
>   		skb_reset_network_header(skb);
> -		skb->protocol = __constant_htons(ETH_P_AOE);
> +		skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_AOE);
>   		skb_checksum_none_assert(skb);
>   	}
>   	return skb;
> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ aoehdr_atainit(struct aoedev *d, struct aoetgt *t, struct aoe_hdr *h)
>   
>   	memcpy(h->src, t->ifp->nd->dev_addr, sizeof h->src);
>   	memcpy(h->dst, t->addr, sizeof h->dst);
> -	h->type = __constant_cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_AOE);
> +	h->type = cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_AOE);
>   	h->verfl = AOE_HVER;
>   	h->major = cpu_to_be16(d->aoemajor);
>   	h->minor = d->aoeminor;
> @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ aoecmd_cfg_pkts(ushort aoemajor, unsigned char aoeminor, struct sk_buff_head *qu
>   
>   		memset(h->dst, 0xff, sizeof h->dst);
>   		memcpy(h->src, ifp->dev_addr, sizeof h->src);
> -		h->type = __constant_cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_AOE);
> +		h->type = cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_AOE);
>   		h->verfl = AOE_HVER;
>   		h->major = cpu_to_be16(aoemajor);
>   		h->minor = aoeminor;

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