linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] livepatch: Add dynamic klp_object and klp

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Date:   Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:53:59 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, jeyu@...nel.org, jikos@...nel.org,
        mbenes@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] livepatch: Add dynamic klp_object and klp_func
 iterators

On Thu, 2017-09-07 at 14:34 +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Wed 2017-08-30 17:38:43, Jason Baron wrote:
[]
> > +	if (list_empty(&obj->obj_entry)) {
> > +		next_obj = obj + 1;
> > +		if (next_obj->funcs || next_obj->name)
> > +			goto out;
> > +		else
> > +			next_obj = NULL;
> 
> Please, add an empty line here to make it better readable.

and/or just get rid of the else

> > +static inline struct klp_func *func_iter_next(struct klp_object *obj,
> > +					      struct klp_func *func)
> > +{
> > +	struct klp_func *next_func = NULL;
> > +
> > +	if (list_empty(&func->func_entry)) {
> > +		next_func = func + 1;
> > +		if (next_func->old_name || next_func->new_func ||
> > +		    next_func->old_sympos)
> > +			goto out;
> > +		else
> > +			next_func = NULL;

here too

> > +		if (!list_empty(&obj->func_list))
> > +			next_func = container_of(obj->func_list.next,
> > +					struct klp_func,
> > +					func_entry);
> 
> I have just realized that a practice is to use list_entry() instead
> of container_of() for list entries. It probably makes the code better
> readable for a trained eye.