On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:02:07 +0200 (CEST) Geert Uytterhoeven <[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > +struct ps3rom_private {
> > > > + struct ps3_storage_device *dev;
> > > > + struct scsi_cmnd *curr_cmd;
> > > > +};
> > > > +#define ps3rom_priv(dev) ((dev)->sbd.core.driver_data)
> > > > +
> > >
> > > Someone should invent a keyboard which delivers an electric shock when the
> > > operator types "#define". In the meanwhile, I get to do the honours.
> > >
> > > Please don't implement in a macro anything which can be implemented in C.
> >
> > All I needed was a shorthand to access driver_data, for both read and write
> > access (you cannot do the latter with C, unless you decouple read and
> > write).
>
> Oh dear.
>
> ps3rom_priv(dev) = host;
>
> that's 'orrid. We have an identifier pretending to be a function, only we
> go and treat it as an lvalue.
>
> I mean, C code should look like C code, and the above just doesn't.
>
> Sigh.
Do you prefer
static inline struct ps3rom_private *ps3rom_priv_get(struct ps3_storage_device
*dev)
{
return dev->sbd.core.driver_data;
}
static inline void ps3rom_priv_set(struct ps3_storage_device *dev,
struct ps3rom_private *priv)
{
dev->sbd.core.driver_data = priv;
}
instead?
With kind regards,
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