Re: [PATCH] sfc: EFX_ETHTOOL_STAT calculates the offset of theefx##source_name's field in both cases

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Tue Jan 19 2010 - 22:12:37 EST


On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 03:08 +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
> EFX_ETHTOOL_STAT calculated the offset of the efx##source_name's field
> Regardless of whether that field was NULL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This looks like a bug, but I am not sure whether I understood this correctly,
> nor was it tested, was this intended?

The condition is really a type check. The result should be the same
regardless of whether it is true.

Ben.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
> index 6c0bbed..722bac7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct efx_ethtool_stat {
> .source = EFX_ETHTOOL_STAT_SOURCE_##source_name, \
> .offset = ((((field_type *) 0) == \
> &((struct efx_##source_name *)0)->field) ? \
> - offsetof(struct efx_##source_name, field) : \
> + offsetof(struct efx_##stat_name, field) : \
> offsetof(struct efx_##source_name, field)), \
> .get_stat = get_stat_function, \
> }

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Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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