netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/8] inet: preserve const qualifier in inet

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:47:01 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/8] inet: preserve const qualifier in inet_sk()

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 4:37 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Yep. my goal was to have const awareness.
>
> This:
>
> #define inet_sk(ptr) container_of(ptr, struct inet_sock, sk)
>
> does not really cover what I wanted, does it ?

Ugh. You should use "container_of_const()" of course.

I *thought* we already fixed plain "container_of()" to do the right
thing,, and got rid of "container_of_const()", but that was obviously
in my dreams.

           Linus