[PATCH 1/4] net: add ethaddr sequence handling

[Ahmad Fatoum]

On 28.11.24 08:28, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 04:17:41PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> Instead of storing every MAC address in full, boards may elect
>> to store a base address and increment it N times. Add a helper
>> to iterate over such an Ethernet address sequence. Example usage:
>>
>>   const u8 *eth_addr;
>>   u8 eth_base[ETH_ALEN] = "\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05";
>>   int i = 0, eth_count = 4;
>>
>>   for_each_seq_ethaddr(eth_addr, eth_base, &eth_count)
>>           eth_register_ethaddr(i++, eth_addr);
> 
> 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++, eth_addr_inc(eth_addr))
> 		eth_register_ethaddr(i, eth_addr);
> 
> I think the open coded variant is easier to read and write, I don't
> think we should introduce a helper for this.

Fair enough. The patch predates the introduction of eth_addr_inc.

Please drop this one patch.

Thanks,
Ahmad

> 
> Sascha
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
>> ---
>>  include/net.h | 12 ++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/net.h b/include/net.h
>> index a04ed5b0ab92..1b6995b50043 100644
>> --- a/include/net.h
>> +++ b/include/net.h
>> @@ -516,6 +516,18 @@ static inline void eth_addr_add(u8 *addr, long offset)
>>  	u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
>>  }
>>  
>> +#define for_each_seq_ethaddr(eth_addr, eth_base, eth_count) \
>> +	for (eth_addr = *eth_count ? eth_base : NULL; eth_addr; eth_addr = eth_addr_seq_next(eth_base, eth_count))
>> +
>> +static inline const u8 *eth_addr_seq_next(u8 eth_base[6], unsigned *eth_count)
>> +{
>> +	if (--(*eth_count) <= 0)
>> +		return NULL;
>> +
>> +	eth_addr_inc(eth_base);
>> +	return eth_base;
>> +}
>> +
>>  typedef void rx_handler_f(void *ctx, char *packet, unsigned int len);
>>  
>>  struct eth_device *eth_get_byname(const char *name);
>> -- 
>> 2.39.5
>>
>>
>>
> 


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