RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] ice: switch: add and use u16[] aliases to ice_adv_lkup_elem::{h, m}_u

[Penigalapati, Sandeep]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
>Alexander Lobakin
>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:10 PM
>To: intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: Szapar-Mudlaw, Martyna <martyna.szapar-mudlaw@xxxxxxxxx>;
>netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jakub Kicinski
><kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] ice: switch: add and use
>u16[] aliases to ice_adv_lkup_elem::{h, m}_u
>
>ice_adv_lkup_elem fields h_u and m_u are being accessed as raw u16 arrays
>in several places.
>To reduce cast and braces burden, add permanent array-of-u16 aliases with
>the same size as the `union ice_prot_hdr` itself via anonymous unions to the
>actual struct declaration, and just access them directly.
>
>This:
> - removes the need to cast the union to u16[] and then dereference
>   it each time -> reduces the horizon for potential bugs;
> - improves -Warray-bounds coverage -- the array size is now known
>   at compilation time;
> - addresses cppcheck complaints.
>
>Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.c | 15 +++++++--------
>drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.h | 12 ++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
Tested-by: Sandeep Penigalapati <sandeep.penigalapati@xxxxxxxxx>