Re: [EXT] Re: [net-next, 1/2] enetc: Configure the Time-Aware Scheduler via tc-taprio offload

From: Simon Horman
Date: Tue Nov 12 2019 - 08:46:42 EST


On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:54:29AM +0000, Claudiu Manoil wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Po Liu <po.liu@xxxxxxx>
> [...]
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [...]
> >> > +/* class 5, command 0 */
> >> > +struct tgs_gcl_conf {
> >> > + u8 atc; /* init gate value */
> >> > + u8 res[7];
> >> > + union {
> >> > + struct {
> >> > + u8 res1[4];
> >> > + __le16 acl_len;
> >>
> >> Given that u* types are used in this structure I think le16 would be more
> >> appropriate than __le16.
> >
> >Here keep the same code style of this .h file. I think it is better to have
> >another patch to fix them all. Do you agree?
> >
>
> I don't see why "le16" would be more appropriate than "__le16" in this context.
> The "__leXX" types are widely used in kernel drivers and not only, to annotate the
> endianess of the hardware. These are generic types defined din "include/uapi/linux/types.h".
> Whereas "leXX" are defined in "fs/ntfs/types.h", and there's no usage of these types
> in other h/w device drivers (I didn't find any). Am I missing anything?

My point is a cosmetic one:
I think that __u8 goes with __le16, while u8 goes with le16.