Thread (49 messages) 49 messages, 15 authors, 2016-04-02

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net/core: generic support for disabling netdev features down stack

From: Jarod Wilson <hidden>
Date: 2015-11-03 16:09:48
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Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
On 11/03/2015 02:57 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
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Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
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On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Nikolay Aleksandrov
[off-list ref]   wrote:
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On 11/03/2015 03:55 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
[snip]
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+#define for_each_netdev_feature(mask_addr, feature)                          \
+     int bit;                                                                \
+     for_each_set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)mask_addr, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT) \
+             feature = __NETIF_F_BIT(bit);
+
^
This is broken, it will not work for more than a single feature.
Indeed it is.

This is used as:

          for_each_netdev_feature(&upper_disables, feature) {
          ...
          }

which expands to:

          int bit;
          for_each_set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)mask_addr, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT)
                  feature = __NETIF_F_BIT(bit);
          {
                  ...
          }

Note the assignment to "feature" happens outside the {}-delimited block.
And the block is always executed once.
Bah, crap, I was still staring at the code not seeing it, thank you for the detailed cluebat. I'll fix that up right now.
Yeah, sorry for not elaborating, I wrote it in a hurry. :-)
Thanks Geert!

By the way since you'll be changing this code, I don't know if it's okay to
declare caller-visible hidden local variables in a macro like this, at the very
least please consider renaming it to something that's much less common, I can see
"bit" being used here and there. IMO either try to find a way to avoid it
altogether or add another argument to the macro so it's explicitly passed.
Just posted a follow-up that removes the macro-internal use of bit and 
doesn't botch up assigning feature. It's not as pretty, but it works 
correctly with multiple feature bits.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@redhat.com
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