Re: [PATCH v3] staging: greybus: use inline function for macros

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Mar 20 2023 - 11:51:57 EST


On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 12:32:58PM +0200, Menna Mahmoud wrote:
> Convert `to_gbphy_dev` and `to_gbphy_driver` macros into a
> static inline function.
>
> it is not great to have macro that use `container_of` macro,
> because from looking at the definition one cannot tell what type
> it applies to.
>
> One can get the same benefit from an efficiency point of view
> by making an inline function.
>
> Suggested-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Menna Mahmoud <eng.mennamahmoud.mm@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> change in v2:
> remove newlines added in previous patch.
>
> change in v3:
> fix the patch to be against Greg's tree.

I am lost in a twisty maze of patches from you for the greybus code that
all seem alike but are different :(

Can you send a patch series of the latest changes you have made, as I
really don't know what is, and is not, the latest versions at all, so
I'm going to have to drop them all from my review queue right now.

thanks,

greg k-h