[PATCH 08/12] xfs: Remove the macro XFS_BUF_SET_PTR

[Chandra Seetharaman]

On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 10:57 -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 07:35 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 02:38:30PM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> > > > -					    (__psint_t)count), split);
> > > > +		xfs_buf_associate_memory(bp,
> > > > +				(xfs_caddr_t)((__psint_t)&(iclog->ic_header)+
> > > > +				    (__psint_t)count), split);
> > > 
> > > If you just cast the address appropriately you can make this
> > > look a lot nicer:
> > > 
> > > 		xfs_buf_associate_memory(bp,
> > > 			(void *) &iclog->ic_header + count, split);
> > 
> > If we have to cast anyway I'd suggest casting to char * at least, as
> > that is standard behaviour. I'm okay with using the gcc void pointer
> > arithmetics extension when it saves us ugliness, but in this case it
> > doesn't really buy us anything.
> 
> Yes, I agree.  I guess I had the "void *" addition on the brain
> when I did this.  Chandra, I would like to make this small change
> before I commit this.  OK with you?
> 

Yes.
> > Btw, nice follow-on cleanups would be to kill off the xfs_caddr_t and
> > __psint_t/__psunsigned_t types entirely.
> 
> Yes.  What do you suggest to use for a pointer-sized
> type?  Just cast to (long) and rely on the usual arithmetic
> conversions to do the right thing?
> 
> 					-Alex
> 
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