linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC iwl-next 02/12] idpf: stop using macros for accessing queue descriptors

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Message-ID: <CAHS8izMRaw3TyURSwdoAnd67EHpgdfazm7-jOFUAWuCAOd39ng@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 10:45:49 -0700
From: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>
To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	nex.sw.ncis.osdt.itp.upstreaming@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC iwl-next 02/12] idpf: stop using macros for accessing
 queue descriptors

On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 8:28 AM Alexander Lobakin
<aleksander.lobakin@...el.com> wrote:
>
> In C, we have structures and unions.
> Casting `void *` via macros is not only error-prone, but also looks
> confusing and awful in general.
> In preparation for splitting the queue structs, replace it with a
> union and direct array dereferences.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>

FWIW,

Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>

-- 
Thanks,
Mina