Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] serial: max3100: Convert to_max3100_port() to be static inline

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 05:11:35PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> As Jiri rightfully pointed out the current to_max3100_port() macro
> implementation is fragile in a sense that it expects the variable
> name to be port, otherwise it blow up the build.
> 
> Change this to be static inline to prevent bad compilation.

Is there a problem today?  If not, this line isn't needed, as it sounds
like you are fixing a problem here, when all you are doing is making it
"nicer", right?

> Suggested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c
> index 1e6b5763ce3f..07ee001640bb 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c
> @@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ struct max3100_port {
>  	struct timer_list	timer;
>  };
>  
> -#define to_max3100_port(port)	container_of(port, struct max3100_port, port)
> +static inline struct max3100_port *to_max3100_port(struct uart_port *port)
> +{
> +	return container_of(port, struct max3100_port, port);

Note, the one reason you might want to do this as a #define is if you
use container_of_const() which has to be a #define.  So the fact that
this was a define to start with is normal and not really a big deal.

thanks,

greg k-h