linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/nvme/host: Use kobj_to_dev() API

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Date:   Mon, 21 Jun 2021 03:11:05 +0000
From:   Chaitanya Kulkarni <Chaitanya.Kulkarni@....com>
To:     Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
CC:     周传高 <zhouchuangao@...o.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        "linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/nvme/host: Use kobj_to_dev() API

Keith,

On 6/20/21 10:34, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 01:01:34PM +0800, 周传高 wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 07:10:58AM -0700, zhouchuangao wrote:
>>>> Use kobj_to_dev() API instead of container_of().
>>> Why?  That just makes the code harder to read.
>> In my opinion, the kobj_to_dev() interface is provided by the kernel so that
>> we can get device based on kobj without having to pass more parameters.
>> I think it's easier to use.
> This same patch has been proposed and rejected numerous times. Do we
> need to place a comment in the code to prevent future requests?
>
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2021-March/023316.html
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2021-February/023060.html
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2020-September/019462.html
>
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Just sent a patch with your suggested-by see if that is useful.

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