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Message-ID: <88d7da63-d03c-7fa3-a881-aff8e7b4a618@ieee.org>
Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 13:53:49 -0500
From:   Alex Elder <elder@...e.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Shreyansh Chouhan <chouhan.shreyansh630@...il.com>
Cc:     pure.logic@...us-software.ie, johan@...nel.org, elder@...nel.org,
        greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: fix gb_loopback_stats_attrs definition

On 5/14/21 10:56 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-05-14 at 17:30 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 08:42:16PM +0530, Shreyansh Chouhan wrote:
> []
>>> I didn't look at how/where was the macro called and missed a very
>>> obvious error. Now that I have looked at it, the only way I can think of
>>> fixing this is changing the macro to a (inline?) function. Will
>>> that be a desirable change?
>>
>> No, it can't be a function, the code is fine as-is, checkpatch is just a
>> perl script and does not always know what needs to be done.
> 
> true.
> 
> perhaps better though to rename these declaring macros to start with declare_

I don't disagree with your suggestion, but it's not clear it
would have prevented submission of the erroneous initial patch
(nor future ones from people who blindly follow checkpatch.pl
suggestions).

					-Alex

PS  Lots of negatives in that sentence.

> Something like this:
> (with miscellaneous realigning of the macros line ending continuations \)
> ---
>   drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>   1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> index 2471448ba42a..dc399792f35f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> @@ -119,18 +119,18 @@ module_param(kfifo_depth, uint, 0444);
>   #define GB_LOOPBACK_US_WAIT_MAX				1000000
>   
>   /* interface sysfs attributes */
> -#define gb_loopback_ro_attr(field)				\
> -static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev,			\
> +#define declare_gb_loopback_ro_attr(field)				\
> +static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev,				\
>   			    struct device_attribute *attr,		\
>   			    char *buf)					\
>   {									\
>   	struct gb_loopback *gb = dev_get_drvdata(dev);			\
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", gb->field);			\
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", gb->field);				\
>   }									\
>   static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(field)
>   
> -#define gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(name, field, type)		\
> -static ssize_t name##_##field##_show(struct device *dev,	\
> +#define declare_gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(name, field, type)		\
> +static ssize_t name##_##field##_show(struct device *dev,		\
>   			    struct device_attribute *attr,		\
>   			    char *buf)					\
>   {									\
> @@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ static ssize_t name##_##field##_show(struct device *dev,	\
>   }									\
>   static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name##_##field)
>   
> -#define gb_loopback_ro_avg_attr(name)			\
> -static ssize_t name##_avg_show(struct device *dev,		\
> +#define declare_gb_loopback_ro_avg_attr(name)				\
> +static ssize_t name##_avg_show(struct device *dev,			\
>   			    struct device_attribute *attr,		\
>   			    char *buf)					\
>   {									\
> @@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ static ssize_t name##_avg_show(struct device *dev,		\
>   	struct gb_loopback *gb;						\
>   	u64 avg, rem;							\
>   	u32 count;							\
> -	gb = dev_get_drvdata(dev);			\
> -	stats = &gb->name;					\
> +	gb = dev_get_drvdata(dev);					\
> +	stats = &gb->name;						\
>   	count = stats->count ? stats->count : 1;			\
>   	avg = stats->sum + count / 2000000; /* round closest */		\
>   	rem = do_div(avg, count);					\
> @@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ static ssize_t name##_avg_show(struct device *dev,		\
>   }									\
>   static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name##_avg)
>   
> -#define gb_loopback_stats_attrs(field)				\
> -	gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, min, u);		\
> -	gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, max, u);		\
> -	gb_loopback_ro_avg_attr(field)
> +#define declare_gb_loopback_stats_attrs(field)				\
> +	declare_gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, min, u);		\
> +	declare_gb_loopback_ro_stats_attr(field, max, u);		\
> +	declare_gb_loopback_ro_avg_attr(field)
>   
> -#define gb_loopback_attr(field, type)					\
> +#define declare_gb_loopback_attr(field, type)				\
>   static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev,				\
>   			    struct device_attribute *attr,		\
>   			    char *buf)					\
> @@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ static ssize_t field##_store(struct device *dev,			\
>   }									\
>   static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(field)
>   
> -#define gb_dev_loopback_ro_attr(field, conn)				\
> -static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev,		\
> +#define declare_gb_dev_loopback_ro_attr(field, conn)			\
> +static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev,				\
>   			    struct device_attribute *attr,		\
>   			    char *buf)					\
>   {									\
> @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev,		\
>   }									\
>   static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(field)
>   
> -#define gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(field, type)				\
> +#define declare_gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(field, type)			\
>   static ssize_t field##_show(struct device *dev,				\
>   			    struct device_attribute *attr,		\
>   			    char *buf)					\
> @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static ssize_t field##_store(struct device *dev,			\
>   	if (ret != 1)							\
>   		len = -EINVAL;						\
>   	else								\
> -		gb_loopback_check_attr(gb);		\
> +		gb_loopback_check_attr(gb);				\
>   	mutex_unlock(&gb->mutex);					\
>   	return len;							\
>   }									\
> @@ -268,26 +268,26 @@ static void gb_loopback_check_attr(struct gb_loopback *gb)
>   }
>   
>   /* Time to send and receive one message */
> -gb_loopback_stats_attrs(latency);
> +declare_gb_loopback_stats_attrs(latency);
>   /* Number of requests sent per second on this cport */
> -gb_loopback_stats_attrs(requests_per_second);
> +declare_gb_loopback_stats_attrs(requests_per_second);
>   /* Quantity of data sent and received on this cport */
> -gb_loopback_stats_attrs(throughput);
> +declare_gb_loopback_stats_attrs(throughput);
>   /* Latency across the UniPro link from APBridge's perspective */
> -gb_loopback_stats_attrs(apbridge_unipro_latency);
> +declare_gb_loopback_stats_attrs(apbridge_unipro_latency);
>   /* Firmware induced overhead in the GPBridge */
> -gb_loopback_stats_attrs(gbphy_firmware_latency);
> +declare_gb_loopback_stats_attrs(gbphy_firmware_latency);
>   
>   /* Number of errors encountered during loop */
> -gb_loopback_ro_attr(error);
> +declare_gb_loopback_ro_attr(error);
>   /* Number of requests successfully completed async */
> -gb_loopback_ro_attr(requests_completed);
> +declare_gb_loopback_ro_attr(requests_completed);
>   /* Number of requests timed out async */
> -gb_loopback_ro_attr(requests_timedout);
> +declare_gb_loopback_ro_attr(requests_timedout);
>   /* Timeout minimum in useconds */
> -gb_loopback_ro_attr(timeout_min);
> +declare_gb_loopback_ro_attr(timeout_min);
>   /* Timeout minimum in useconds */
> -gb_loopback_ro_attr(timeout_max);
> +declare_gb_loopback_ro_attr(timeout_max);
>   
>   /*
>    * Type of loopback message to send based on protocol type definitions
> @@ -297,21 +297,21 @@ gb_loopback_ro_attr(timeout_max);
>    *					   payload returned in response)
>    * 4 => Send a sink message (message with payload, no payload in response)
>    */
> -gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(type, d);
> +declare_gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(type, d);
>   /* Size of transfer message payload: 0-4096 bytes */
> -gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(size, u);
> +declare_gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(size, u);
>   /* Time to wait between two messages: 0-1000 ms */
> -gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(us_wait, d);
> +declare_gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(us_wait, d);
>   /* Maximum iterations for a given operation: 1-(2^32-1), 0 implies infinite */
> -gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(iteration_max, u);
> +declare_gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(iteration_max, u);
>   /* The current index of the for (i = 0; i < iteration_max; i++) loop */
> -gb_dev_loopback_ro_attr(iteration_count, false);
> +declare_gb_dev_loopback_ro_attr(iteration_count, false);
>   /* A flag to indicate synchronous or asynchronous operations */
> -gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(async, u);
> +declare_gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(async, u);
>   /* Timeout of an individual asynchronous request */
> -gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(timeout, u);
> +declare_gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(timeout, u);
>   /* Maximum number of in-flight operations before back-off */
> -gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(outstanding_operations_max, u);
> +declare_gb_dev_loopback_rw_attr(outstanding_operations_max, u);
>   
>   static struct attribute *loopback_attrs[] = {
>   	&dev_attr_latency_min.attr,
> 

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