[libvirt] [PATCH v3 08/12] nodedev: Dereference the obj/def in virNodeDeviceObjListFind* APIs

[Erik Skultety]

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 01:08:22PM -0400, John Ferlan wrote:
>
>
> On 06/30/2017 08:06 AM, Erik Skultety wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 09:11:58AM -0400, John Ferlan wrote:
> >> Create local @obj and @def for the API's rather than referencing the
> >> devs->objs[i][->def->].  It'll make future patches easier to read.
>
>                 ^^^^^^^^^ [1]
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com>
> >> ---
> >>  src/conf/virnodedeviceobj.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> >>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/src/conf/virnodedeviceobj.c b/src/conf/virnodedeviceobj.c
> >> index fab1cfd..a9187be 100644
> >> --- a/src/conf/virnodedeviceobj.c
> >> +++ b/src/conf/virnodedeviceobj.c
> >> @@ -172,12 +172,16 @@ virNodeDeviceObjListFindBySysfsPath(virNodeDeviceObjListPtr devs,
> >>      size_t i;
> >>
> >>      for (i = 0; i < devs->count; i++) {
> >> -        virNodeDeviceObjLock(devs->objs[i]);
> >> -        if ((devs->objs[i]->def->sysfs_path != NULL) &&
> >> -            (STREQ(devs->objs[i]->def->sysfs_path, sysfs_path))) {
> >> -            return devs->objs[i];
> >> +        virNodeDeviceObjPtr obj = devs->objs[i];
> >> +        virNodeDeviceDefPtr def;
> >
> > Although with good intension, I think having virNodeDeviceObjPtr obj = foo only
> > will make all the difference, thus dereferencing @def is IMHO not that much
> > more beneficial.
>
> [1] I'm trying to avoid syntax such as:
>
>    devs->objs[i]->def->sysfs_path
>
> or
>
>    objs->def->sysfs_path
>
> If some day ->def is "owned-by" some vir*Object, then -> def would need
> to be fetched, e.g. def = virObject*GetDef(obj), so this just makes that
> future easier.

Yeah, I'm realizing it was a pointless suggestion, strange I didn't even think
about that when I was looking at 10/12, you can disregard my previous comment
then...^good point btw.

ACK as is.

Erik