[PATCH v5 06/12] drm/cma-helper: Turn to_drm_gem_cma_obj() into a macro

Noralf Trønnes noralf at tronnes.org
Tue Nov 7 19:13:42 UTC 2017


This allows the argument to be a const.

The other option was to keep it an inline function and make the argument
a const:

static inline struct drm_gem_cma_object *
to_drm_gem_cma_obj(const struct drm_gem_object *gem_obj)
{
	return container_of(gem_obj, struct drm_gem_cma_object, base);
}

This will happily return a non-const pointer to the drm_gem_cma_object
based on a const pointer to the contained drm_gem_object, thus creating
const-safety problems.

There was an attempt to fix the problem in the container_of() macro
itself (see https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/5/19/381) but the patch seems to
have fallen through the cracks. It would require turning this inline
function into a macro.

By making this a macro now, we will benefit from a possible future
enhancement of container_of(). We don't loose type checking by doing
this, container_of() takes care of that.

Suggested-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf at tronnes.org>
---
 include/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.h | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.h
index 58a739bf15f1..7a3dcf0cf289 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.h
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@ struct drm_gem_cma_object {
 	void *vaddr;
 };
 
-static inline struct drm_gem_cma_object *
-to_drm_gem_cma_obj(struct drm_gem_object *gem_obj)
-{
-	return container_of(gem_obj, struct drm_gem_cma_object, base);
-}
+#define to_drm_gem_cma_obj(gem_obj) \
+	container_of(gem_obj, struct drm_gem_cma_object, base)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 #define DRM_GEM_CMA_UNMAPPED_AREA_FOPS \
-- 
2.14.2



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