From: "Jiang, Dave" <dave.jiang@intel.com>
To: "Allen.Hubbe@emc.com" <Allen.Hubbe@emc.com>,
"jdmason@kudzu.us" <jdmason@kudzu.us>,
"linux-ntb@googlegroups.com" <linux-ntb@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NTB: Fix macro parameter conflict with field name
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:58:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1453417083.3824.28.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <92f2c0f9f753ddb55242f01dd3d351191d2128c8.1453398752.git.Allen.Hubbe@emc.com>
On Thu, 2016-01-21 at 12:53 -0500, Allen Hubbe wrote:
> If the parameter given to the macro is replaced throughout the macro
> as
> it is evaluated. The intent is that the macro parameter should
> replace
> the only the first parameter to container_of(). However, the way the
> macro was written, it would also inadvertantly replace a structure
> field
> name. If a parameter of any other name is given to the macro, it
> will
> fail to compile, if the structure does not contain a field of the
> same
> name. At worst, it will compile, and hide improper access of an
> unintended field in the structure.
>
> Change the macro parameter name, so it does not conflict with the
> structure field name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe <Allen.Hubbe@emc.com>
Acked-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_intel.h | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_intel.h
> b/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_intel.h
> index 2eb4addd10d0..43b3fe0d4aed 100644
> --- a/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_intel.h
> +++ b/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_intel.h
> @@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ struct intel_ntb_dev {
> #define ndev_pdev(ndev) ((ndev)->ntb.pdev)
> #define ndev_name(ndev) pci_name(ndev_pdev(ndev))
> #define ndev_dev(ndev) (&ndev_pdev(ndev)->dev)
> -#define ntb_ndev(ntb) container_of(ntb, struct intel_ntb_dev, ntb)
> -#define hb_ndev(work) container_of(work, struct intel_ntb_dev,
> hb_timer.work)
> +#define ntb_ndev(__ntb) container_of(__ntb, struct intel_ntb_dev,
> ntb)
> +#define hb_ndev(__work) container_of(__work, struct intel_ntb_dev, \
> + hb_timer.work)
>
> #endif
> --
> 2.7.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-21 22:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-21 17:53 [PATCH] NTB: Fix macro parameter conflict with field name Allen Hubbe
2016-01-21 22:58 ` Jiang, Dave [this message]
2016-01-22 0:53 ` Jon Mason
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