[PATCH v9 09/27] gunyah: rsc_mgr: Add resource manager RPC core

Alex Elder elder at linaro.org
Mon Feb 6 06:14:07 PST 2023


On 2/2/23 5:53 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
>>
>> +struct gh_rm_rpc_hdr {
>> +    u8 api;
>> +    u8 type;
>> +    __le16 seq;
>> +    __le32 msg_id;
>> +} __packed;
>> +
> #define GH_RM_RPC_HDR_SZ    sizeof(struct gh_rm_rpc_hdr)
> 
> You could use this in most of the places where sizeof is being called.

I'll repeat my point here.  I see no value in hiding
the size of the structure behind a defined symbol.

Use sizeof(*pointer) (if possible) or sizeof(struct foo) in
the code; it makes it very clear that it's not something
other than a simple object/structure size.

					-Alex



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