netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 8/8] net: pktgen: use defines for the various dec/hex number parsing digits lengths

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Message-ID: <20250216091739.GW1615191@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 09:17:39 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@....net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	Artem Chernyshev <artem.chernyshev@...-soft.ru>,
	Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 8/8] net: pktgen: use defines for the various
 dec/hex number parsing digits lengths

On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 08:11:45PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:25 +0100 Peter Seiderer wrote:
> > Use defines for the various dec/hex number parsing digits lengths
> > (hex32_arg/num_arg calls).
> 
> I don't understand the value of this patch, TBH.
> 
> Example:
> 
> +#define HEX_2_DIGITS 2
> 
> -		len = hex32_arg(&user_buffer[i], 2, &tmp_value);
> +		len = hex32_arg(&user_buffer[i], HEX_2_DIGITS, &tmp_value);
> 
> The word hex is already there.
> There is still a two.
> I don't think the new define has any explanatory power?
> 
> Previous 7 patches look ready indeed.

Hi Jakub,

This one is on me. I felt the magic number 2 and so on
was unclear. But if you prefer the code as-is that is fine by me too.