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From: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com>
To: Shen Lichuan <shenlichuan@vivo.com>,
	habetsm.xilinx@gmail.com, davem@davemloft.net,
	edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@amd.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, opensource.kernel@vivo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] sfc: Convert to use ERR_CAST()
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:23:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6e57f3c0-84bb-ce5d-bbca-b1a823729262@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240828100044.53870-1-shenlichuan@vivo.com>

On 28/08/2024 11:00, Shen Lichuan wrote:
> As opposed to open-code, using the ERR_CAST macro clearly indicates that 
> this is a pointer to an error value and a type conversion was performed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shen Lichuan <shenlichuan@vivo.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c
> index c44088424323..76d32641202b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c
> @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ struct efx_tc_counter_index *efx_tc_flower_get_counter_index(
>  					       &ctr->linkage,
>  					       efx_tc_counter_id_ht_params);
>  			kfree(ctr);
> -			return (void *)cnt; /* it's an ERR_PTR */
> +			return ERR_CAST(cnt); /* it's an ERR_PTR */

May as well remove the now superfluous comment.
Other than that this lgtm.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-08-28 13:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-28 10:00 [PATCH v1] sfc: Convert to use ERR_CAST() Shen Lichuan
2024-08-28 13:23 ` Edward Cree [this message]
2024-08-28 22:31   ` Jacob Keller
2024-08-28 23:01     ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-08-29  6:47       ` Alejandro Lucero Palau
2024-08-29 15:09         ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-09-02  8:00           ` Alejandro Lucero Palau

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