netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 1/3] net: provide macros for commonly copied lockless queue stop/wake code

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:56:40 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, alexanderduyck@...com, roman.gushchin@...ux.dev
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 1/3] net: provide macros for commonly copied
 lockless queue stop/wake code

On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:45:15 -0700 Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > Could any of these be inline functions instead for type safety?    
> > 
> > I suppose not because of the condition that is evaluated.  
> 
> It is more that the condition needs to evaluated after some other
> pre-conditions.

Right, I think I could slice off individual chunks and wrap them in
static inlines, but I reckon the result is relatively readable now?