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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: 'Eric Dumazet' <edumazet@google.com>,
	Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>,
	"Jason Xing" <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net: netcp: MAX_SKB_FRAGS is now 'int'
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 18:20:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5c940a6c29674b2986e4e9be1c2e4b39@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANn89iLcgesDzLvvoAhDSFgmKz_1VcMNOTA=F8rDXzLmOSuTvw@mail.gmail.com>

From: Eric Dumazet
> Sent: 31 March 2023 17:58
....
> > I'd personally define %MAX_SKB_FRAGS as `(u32)CONFIG_MAX_SKB_FRAGS`.
> > It can't be below zero or above %U32_MAX and we have to define it
> > manually anyway, so why not cast to the type expected from it :D
> >
> 
> Some files have the assumption MAX_SKB_FRAGS can be understood by the
> C preprocessor.
> 
> #if MAX_SKB_FRAGS > 32

...

You could use:
#define MAX_SKB_FRAGS (CONFIG_MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 0u)
to force the type to be 'unsigned int' while still leaving
a value that cpp groks.
(Or add 0ul to get the type back? to 'unsigned long'.)

	David

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      reply	other threads:[~2023-04-01 18:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-31  7:48 [PATCH] net: netcp: MAX_SKB_FRAGS is now 'int' Arnd Bergmann
2023-03-31  8:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2023-03-31 21:44   ` Nathan Chancellor
2023-04-01  4:20     ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-03-31 15:08 ` Alexander Lobakin
2023-03-31 16:58   ` Eric Dumazet
2023-04-01 18:20     ` David Laight [this message]

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