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From: Sergey Lapin <slapin@ossfans•org>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions•net>
Cc: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail•com>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft•net>,
	linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org, netdev@vger•kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@vger•kernel.org, sfr@canb•auug.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] net: add NL802154 interface for configuration of 802.15.4 devices
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:55:07 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090603125507.GA22673@build.ossfans.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1244027110.1693.9.camel@johannes.local>

> > +#define IEEE802154_ATTR_MAX (__IEEE802154_ATTR_MAX - 1)
> > +#define NLA_HW_ADDR	NLA_U64
> > +#define NLA_GET_HW_ADDR(attr, addr) do { u64 _temp = nla_get_u64(attr); memcpy(addr, &_temp, 8); } while (0)
> > +#define NLA_PUT_HW_ADDR(msg, attr, addr) do { u64 _temp; memcpy(&_temp, addr, 8); NLA_PUT_U64(msg, attr, _temp); } while (0)

What would you propose here? adding prefix will add length to macro,
IEEE802154_NL_PUT_HW_ADDR is damn long name. Using repeated code
sequence is not better (it is error-prone and unreadable).

Any ideas?


  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-06-03 12:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-03  9:33 [MERGE REQUEST] IEEE 802.15.4 stack: generic parts Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-03  9:33 ` [PATCH 1/6] crc-itu-t: add bit-reversed calculation Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-03  9:33   ` [PATCH 2/6] Add constants for the ieee 802.15.4/ZigBee stack Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-03  9:33     ` [PATCH 3/6] net: add IEEE 802.15.4 socket family implementation Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
     [not found]       ` <1244021629-18409-4-git-send-email-dbaryshkov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-03  9:33         ` [PATCH 4/6] net: add NL802154 interface for configuration of 802.15.4 devices Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
     [not found]           ` <1244021629-18409-5-git-send-email-dbaryshkov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-03  9:33             ` [PATCH 5/6] ieee802154: add documentation about our stack Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
     [not found]               ` <1244021629-18409-6-git-send-email-dbaryshkov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-03  9:33                 ` [PATCH 6/6] ieee802154: add simple HardMAC driver sample Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-03  9:39           ` [PATCH 4/6] net: add NL802154 interface for configuration of 802.15.4 devices Johannes Berg
     [not found]             ` <1244021964.10665.5.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-03 10:09               ` David Miller
2009-06-03 10:52                 ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-03 11:05                   ` Johannes Berg
     [not found]                     ` <1244027110.1693.9.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-03 12:27                       ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-04 14:12                         ` Johannes Berg
     [not found]                           ` <1244124749.22576.71.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-04 14:51                             ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
     [not found]                               ` <bc64b4640906040751i3c64c317i4eedb7d53307092a-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-04 15:12                                 ` Patrick McHardy
     [not found]                                   ` <4A27E448.3040305-dcUjhNyLwpNeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-04 15:14                                     ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
     [not found]                                       ` <bc64b4640906040814m1756ea13s19e20592ecf90e9b-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-04 15:15                                         ` Patrick McHardy
2009-06-03 12:55                     ` Sergey Lapin [this message]
2009-06-03 14:21                       ` Patrick McHardy
2009-06-03 23:12                     ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-03 10:08     ` [PATCH 2/6] Add constants for the ieee 802.15.4/ZigBee stack David Miller
     [not found]       ` <20090603.030826.03512651.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-03 10:51         ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-03 21:19           ` David Miller
     [not found]             ` <20090603.141919.261921857.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-03 23:15               ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-04  0:49                 ` David Miller
2009-06-03 12:43   ` [PATCH 1/6] crc-itu-t: add bit-reversed calculation Ben Hutchings
2009-06-03 12:48     ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-04  0:49     ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2009-06-21  8:29     ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
     [not found]       ` <20090621082921.GA12749-nIupHZaCssqR2kOLt6zJ8ErlnG4Plg33XqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-21 10:18         ` Ivo van Doorn

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