Re: [PATCH] writeback: use rb_entry()

[Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 11:17:12PM +0800, Geliang Tang wrote:
> To make the code clearer, use rb_entry() instead of container_of() to
> deal with rbtree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@gmail.com>
> ---
>  mm/backing-dev.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
> index 3bfed5ab..ffb77a1 100644
> --- a/mm/backing-dev.c
> +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
> @@ -410,8 +410,8 @@ wb_congested_get_create(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int blkcg_id, gfp_t gfp)
>  
>  	while (*node != NULL) {
>  		parent = *node;
> -		congested = container_of(parent, struct bdi_writeback_congested,
> -					 rb_node);
> +		congested = rb_entry(parent, struct bdi_writeback_congested,
> +				     rb_node);

I don't get the rb_entry() macro.  It's just another name for
container_of().  I have no objection to the patch but this macro is a
bit silly.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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