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

John Ferlan jferlan at redhat.com
Fri Jun 30 17:08:22 UTC 2017



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.


John

> 
> ACK with that.
> 
> Erik
> 




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