linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] staging: ks7010: Factor out repeated request initialization code.

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Message-ID: <20180322171944.GB5434@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:19:44 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@...alin.org>
Cc:     wsa@...-dreams.de, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] staging: ks7010: Factor out repeated request
 initialization code.

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 10:58:15PM -0700, Quytelda Kahja wrote:
> The code to initialize various different types of request structs
> is repeated multiple times.  Factor this code out into a macro
> called INIT_REQUEST.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@...alin.org>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c | 55 +++++++++++---------------------------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
> index 6fc2c3647908..3e5016aad029 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
> @@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ static inline unsigned int cnt_smeqbody(struct ks_wlan_private *priv)
>  
>  #define KS_WLAN_MEM_FLAG (GFP_ATOMIC)
>  
> +#define INIT_REQUEST(pp, priv)

Ick, please make it a function if you really want to do something like
this.

thanks,

greg k-h