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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Dan Jurgens <danielj@nvidia.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jasowang@redhat.com,
	alex.williamson@redhat.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
	virtualization@lists.linux.dev, parav@nvidia.com,
	shshitrit@nvidia.com, yohadt@nvidia.com,
	xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com, eperezma@redhat.com,
	shameerali.kolothum.thodi@huawei.com, jgg@ziepe.ca,
	kevin.tian@intel.com, kuba@kernel.org, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
	edumazet@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 08/11] virtio_net: Implement IPv4 ethtool flow rules
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:20:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250925171936-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5518ba7f-80b4-43f1-a5c1-eb8298170e9a@nvidia.com>

On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 04:13:42PM -0500, Dan Jurgens wrote:
> On 9/25/25 3:53 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 09:19:17AM -0500, Daniel Jurgens wrote:
> >> Add support for IP_USER type rules from ethtool.
> >>
> >> +static
> >> +struct virtio_net_ff_selector *next_selector(struct virtio_net_ff_selector *sel)
> >> +{
> >> +	void *nextsel;
> >> +
> >> +	nextsel = (u8 *)sel + sizeof(struct virtio_net_ff_selector) +
> >> +		  sel->length;
> > 
> > you do not need this variable. and cast to void* looks cleaner imho.
> 
> It's cast to u8* so we do pointer arithmetic in bytes, which is not
> standard C on void*. GCC doesn't mind, but I thing Clang does.
> 
> I saw you had a similar comment on a subsequent too.>

it's a known C standard bug.

kernel does void* math everywhere.

Linus hath spoken on this ;)


> >> +
> >> +	return nextsel;
> >> +}
> >> +
> 


  reply	other threads:[~2025-09-25 21:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-23 14:19 [PATCH net-next v3 00/11] virtio_net: Add ethtool flow rules support Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 01/11] virtio-pci: Expose generic device capability operations Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-24  1:16   ` Jason Wang
2025-09-24  6:22     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-24 19:02       ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-25  6:16         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-25  9:51           ` Parav Pandit
2025-09-25 10:35             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-25 10:45               ` Parav Pandit
2025-09-25 11:49                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-25 12:09                   ` Parav Pandit
2025-09-25 13:08                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-25 16:53                       ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-25 16:55                         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-26  4:55       ` Jason Wang
2025-09-26 14:26         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-26 15:08           ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-24  6:16   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 02/11] virtio-pci: Expose object create and destroy API Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 03/11] virtio_net: Create virtio_net directory Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-25  3:56   ` Xuan Zhuo
2025-09-25  6:13     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-25 15:48       ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-25 20:10         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-25 21:17   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 04/11] virtio_net: Query and set flow filter caps Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-25 21:01   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-26  2:12     ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-27  9:02       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-25 21:16   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-26  4:54     ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-26 16:01   ` Simon Horman
2025-09-26 18:08     ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-26 20:45   ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 05/11] virtio_net: Create a FF group for ethtool steering Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-25 21:13   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 06/11] virtio_net: Implement layer 2 ethtool flow rules Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-25 20:58   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-27  4:45     ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-25 21:10   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-27  5:02     ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-26 20:48   ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-26 21:04     ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 07/11] virtio_net: Use existing classifier if possible Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-25 20:53   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 08/11] virtio_net: Implement IPv4 ethtool flow rules Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-25 20:53   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-25 21:13     ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-25 21:20       ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2025-10-01 14:15     ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 09/11] virtio_net: Add support for IPv6 ethtool steering Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-25 20:47   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 10/11] virtio_net: Add support for TCP and UDP ethtool rules Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-23 14:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 11/11] virtio_net: Add get ethtool flow rules ops Daniel Jurgens
2025-09-25 20:44   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-28  4:39     ` Dan Jurgens
2025-09-28  6:19       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-09-25 21:19 ` [PATCH net-next v3 00/11] virtio_net: Add ethtool flow rules support Michael S. Tsirkin

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