linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rapidio: remove unnecessary use of list iterator

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Date:   Sun, 20 Mar 2022 15:50:55 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>,
        Matt Porter <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexandre Bounine <alex.bou9@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@...il.com>,
        Cristiano Giuffrida <c.giuffrida@...nl>,
        "Bos, H.J." <h.j.bos@...nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rapidio: remove unnecessary use of list iterator

On 3/19/22 13:33, Jakob Koschel wrote:
> req->map is set in the valid case and always equals 'map' if the break
> was hit. It therefore is unnecessary to use the list iterator variable
> and the use of 'map' can be replaced with req->map.
> 
> This is done in preparation to limit the scope of a list iterator to
> the list traversal loop [1].
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/YhdfEIwI4EdtHdym@kroah.com/
> Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
> index 7df466e22282..2cdc054e53a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
> @@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ rio_dma_transfer(struct file *filp, u32 transfer_mode,
>   			goto err_req;
>   		}
> 
> -		if (xfer->length + xfer->offset > map->size) {
> +		if (xfer->length + xfer->offset > req->map->size) {
>   			ret = -EINVAL;
>   			goto err_req;
>   		}
> @@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ rio_dma_transfer(struct file *filp, u32 transfer_mode,
>   		}
> 
>   		sg_set_buf(req->sgt.sgl,
> -			   map->virt_addr + (baddr - map->phys_addr) +
> +			   req->map->virt_addr + (baddr - req->map->phys_addr) +
>   				xfer->offset, xfer->length);
>   	}

I'm not a RapidIO expert, but this change is small and clearly correct,
so:

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA
> 
> 
> base-commit: 34e047aa16c0123bbae8e2f6df33e5ecc1f56601
> --
> 2.25.1
>