linux-kernel - RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] ice: switch: unobscurify bitops loop in ice_fill_adv_dummy

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Message-ID: <MW3PR11MB45547FA58FB4D79792D6598F9C379@MW3PR11MB4554.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Feb 2022 05:19:08 +0000
From:   "Penigalapati, Sandeep" <sandeep.penigalapati@...el.com>
To:     "Lobakin, Alexandr" <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>
CC:     "Szapar-Mudlaw, Martyna" <martyna.szapar-mudlaw@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] ice: switch:
 unobscurify bitops loop in ice_fill_adv_dummy_packet()

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf Of
>Alexander Lobakin
>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:10 PM
>To: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
>Cc: Szapar-Mudlaw, Martyna <martyna.szapar-mudlaw@...el.com>;
>netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Jakub Kicinski
><kuba@...nel.org>; David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
>Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] ice: switch: unobscurify
>bitops loop in ice_fill_adv_dummy_packet()
>
>A loop performing header modification according to the provided mask in
>ice_fill_adv_dummy_packet() is very cryptic (and error-prone).
>Replace two identical cast-deferences with a variable. Replace three struct-
>member-array-accesses with a variable. Invert the condition, reduce the
>indentation by one -> eliminate line wraps.
>
>Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>
>---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.c | 16 +++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
Tested-by: Sandeep Penigalapati <sandeep.penigalapati@...el.com>