netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 10/16] qlge: Factor out duplicated expression

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jun 2019 16:52:26 +0900
From:   Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     manishc@...vell.com, GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 10/16] qlge: Factor out duplicated expression

On 2019/06/23 10:59, David Miller wrote:
> From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:48:52 +0900
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge.h      |  6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c | 18 ++++++------------
> >  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge.h
> > index 5a4b2520cd2a..0bb7ccdca6a7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge.h
> > @@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
> >  #define LSD(x)  ((u32)((u64)(x)))
> >  #define MSD(x)  ((u32)((((u64)(x)) >> 32)))
> >  
> > +#define QLGE_FIT16(value) \
> > +({ \
> > +	typeof(value) _value = value; \
> > +	(_value) == 65536 ? 0 : (u16)(_value); \
> > +})
> > +
> 
> "(u16) 65536" is zero and the range of these values is 0 -- 65536.
> 
> This whole expression is way overdone.

Indeed, I missed that a simple cast is enough :/

What I inferred from the presence of that expression though is that in
the places where it is used, the device interprets a value of 0 as
65536. Manish, can you confirm that? As David points out, the expression
is useless. A comment might not be however.