Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] new helper: iov_iter_rw()

From: David Sterba
Date: Tue Mar 17 2015 - 05:32:22 EST


On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 05:36:05PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 04:33:49AM -0700, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> > Get either READ or WRITE out of iter->type.
>
> Umm...
>
> > + * Get one of READ or WRITE out of iter->type without any other flags OR'd in
> > + * with it.
> > + */
> > +static inline int iov_iter_rw(const struct iov_iter *i)
> > +{
> > + return i->type & RW_MASK;
> > +}
>
> TBH, I would turn that into a macro. Reason: indirect includes.

Agreed, but the proposed define is rather cryptic and I was not able to
understand the meaning on the first glance.

> #define iov_iter_rw(i) ((0 ? (struct iov_iter *)0 : (i))->type & RW_MASK)

This worked for me, does not compile with anything else than
'struct iov_iter*' as i:

#define iov_iter_rw(i) ({ \
struct iov_iter __iter = *(i); \
(i)->type & RW_MASK; \
})

The assignment is optimized out.
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