Re: [PATCH] xen/blkback: use rb_entry()

From	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] xen/blkback: use rb_entry()
Date	2016-12-20 23:00 +0100
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On Tue, 2016-12-20 at 12:51 -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 05:44:06PM +0000, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:47:03AM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:02:19PM +0800, Geliang Tang wrote:
> > > > To make the code clearer, use rb_entry() instead of container_of() to
> > > > deal with rbtree.
> > > 
> > > That is OK but I think 'container_of' is more clear.
> > > 
> > > Roger, thoughts?
> > 
> > I think so, container_of is a global macro that's widely used and everyone
> > knows, rb_entry OTOH it's not and it's use doesn't really simply the code at
> > all. I'm not really opposed, but it seems kind of a pointless change (not that
> > it's wrong).
> 
> <nods> I concur.
> 
> Geliang Tang,
> 
> Thank you for the patch but there is no need for it.

The same could be said of list_entry()

#define hlist_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)

#define list_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr, type, member)

# git grep -n list_entry | wc -l
3636

rb_entry() will probably make its way everywhere.

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[PATCH] xen/blkback: use rb_entry() Geliang Tang <geliangtang@gmail.com> - 2016-12-20 15:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] xen/blkback: use rb_entry() Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> - 2016-12-20 17:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] xen/blkback: use rb_entry() Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> - 2016-12-20 18:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] xen/blkback: use rb_entry() Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> - 2016-12-20 19:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] xen/blkback: use rb_entry() Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> - 2016-12-20 23:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] xen/blkback: use rb_entry() Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> - 2016-12-20 23:10 +0100

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