Re: [PATCH v3] new helper to define common struct resource constructs

["Lothar Waßmann" <LW@KARO-electronics.de>]

Hi,

Uwe Kleine-König writes:
> resource definitions that just define start, end and flags =
> IORESOURCE_MEM or IORESOURCE_IRQ (with start=end) are quite common. So
> introduce a shortcut for them. For completeness add macros for
> IORESOURCE_DMA and IORESOURCE_IO, too and also make available a set of
> macros to specify named resources of all types which are less common.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> changes since v2:
> - add parentheses around macro parameter usages
> 
> changes since v1:                                                               
> - also add _IO and _DMA variants                                                
> 
>  include/linux/ioport.h |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
> index 63eb429..9d57a71 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ioport.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
> @@ -109,6 +109,36 @@ struct resource_list {
>  /* PCI control bits.  Shares IORESOURCE_BITS with above PCI ROM.  */
>  #define IORESOURCE_PCI_FIXED		(1<<4)	/* Do not move resource */
>  
> +
> +/* helpers to define resources */
> +#define DEFINE_RES_NAMED(_start, _size, _name, _flags)			\
> +	{								\
> +		.start = (_start),					\
> +		.end = (_start) + (_size) - 1,				\
> +		.name = (_name),					\
> +		.flags = (_flags),					\
> +	}
> +
> +#define DEFINE_RES_IO_NAMED(_start, _size, _name)			\
> +	DEFINE_RES_NAMED((_start), (_size), (_name), IORESOURCE_IO)
>
There is no need for parens around a macro argument when it is not
part of an expression...
This just looks silly.


Lothar Waßmann
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