linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/9] staging: rtl8723bs: replace N_BYTE_ALIGMENT with PTR

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Message-ID: <20260111183630.12816-9-khushalchitturi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:06:29 +0530
From: Khushal Chitturi <khushalchitturi@...il.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
	Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Khushal Chitturi <khushalchitturi@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] staging: rtl8723bs: replace N_BYTE_ALIGMENT with PTR_ALIGN

Replace the custom N_BYTE_ALIGMENT macro with the standard
PTR_ALIGN macro in rtw_init_xmit_priv.

This improves unnecessary casting and improves readability
without any functional change.

Signed-off-by: Khushal Chitturi <khushalchitturi@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
index 5852209c702b..a800547f2f01 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ s32 _rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
 		res = _FAIL;
 		goto exit;
 	}
-	pxmitpriv->pxmit_frame_buf = (u8 *)N_BYTE_ALIGMENT((SIZE_PTR)(pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf), 4);
-
+	pxmitpriv->pxmit_frame_buf = PTR_ALIGN(pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf, 4);
 	pxframe = (struct xmit_frame *)pxmitpriv->pxmit_frame_buf;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_XMITFRAME; i++) {
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ s32 _rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf = (u8 *)N_BYTE_ALIGMENT((SIZE_PTR)(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf), 4);
+	pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf = PTR_ALIGN(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf, 4);
 
 	pxmitbuf = (struct xmit_buf *)pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf;
 
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ s32 _rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
 		res = _FAIL;
 		goto exit;
 	}
-	pxmitpriv->xframe_ext = (u8 *)N_BYTE_ALIGMENT((SIZE_PTR)(pxmitpriv->xframe_ext_alloc_addr), 4);
+	pxmitpriv->xframe_ext = PTR_ALIGN(pxmitpriv->xframe_ext_alloc_addr, 4);
 	pxframe = (struct xmit_frame *)pxmitpriv->xframe_ext;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_XMIT_EXTBUFF; i++) {
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ s32 _rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	pxmitpriv->pxmit_extbuf = (u8 *)N_BYTE_ALIGMENT((SIZE_PTR)(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmit_extbuf), 4);
+	pxmitpriv->pxmit_extbuf = PTR_ALIGN(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmit_extbuf, 4);
 
 	pxmitbuf = (struct xmit_buf *)pxmitpriv->pxmit_extbuf;
 
-- 
2.52.0