Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> smallest_signed_int(), seq_before() and seq_after() are very useful
> functions that help to handle comparisons between sequence numbers.
> However they were only defined in vis.c. With this patch every
> batman-adv function will be able to use them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]>


Acked-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>

David S. Miller doesn't want to have the seq_before/seq_after in a global 
header: http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/19/88

I would still like to propose the type check on top of that patch

Kind regards,
        Sven

> ---
>  main.h |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>  vis.c  |   16 ----------------
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/main.h b/main.h
> index 3ca3941..90db244 100644
> --- a/main.h
> +++ b/main.h
> @@ -181,4 +181,20 @@ static inline int compare_eth(void *data1, void
> *data2)
> 
>  #define atomic_dec_not_zero(v)       atomic_add_unless((v), -1, 0)
> 
> +/* Returns the smallest signed integer in two's complement with the sizeof
> x */ +#define smallest_signed_int(x) (1u << (7u + 8u * (sizeof(x) - 1u)))
> +
> +/* Checks if a sequence number x is a predecessor/successor of y.
> + * they handle overflows/underflows and can correctly check for a
> + * predecessor/successor unless the variable sequence number has grown by
> + * more then 2**(bitwidth(x)-1)-1.
> + * This means that for a uint8_t with the maximum value 255, it would
> think: + *  - when adding nothing - it is neither a predecessor nor a
> successor + *  - before adding more than 127 to the starting value - it is
> a predecessor, + *  - when adding 128 - it is neither a predecessor nor a
> successor, + *  - after adding more than 127 to the starting value - it is
> a successor */ +#define seq_before(x, y) ({typeof(x) _dummy = (x - y); \
> +                     _dummy > smallest_signed_int(_dummy); })
> +#define seq_after(x, y) seq_before(y, x)
> +
>  #endif /* _NET_BATMAN_ADV_MAIN_H_ */
> diff --git a/vis.c b/vis.c
> index c39f20c..e1ed552 100644
> --- a/vis.c
> +++ b/vis.c
> @@ -30,22 +30,6 @@
> 
>  #define MAX_VIS_PACKET_SIZE 1000
> 
> -/* Returns the smallest signed integer in two's complement with the sizeof
> x */ -#define smallest_signed_int(x) (1u << (7u + 8u * (sizeof(x) - 1u)))
> -
> -/* Checks if a sequence number x is a predecessor/successor of y.
> - * they handle overflows/underflows and can correctly check for a
> - * predecessor/successor unless the variable sequence number has grown by
> - * more then 2**(bitwidth(x)-1)-1.
> - * This means that for a uint8_t with the maximum value 255, it would
> think: - *  - when adding nothing - it is neither a predecessor nor a
> successor - *  - before adding more than 127 to the starting value - it is
> a predecessor, - *  - when adding 128 - it is neither a predecessor nor a
> successor, - *  - after adding more than 127 to the starting value - it is
> a successor */ -#define seq_before(x, y) ({typeof(x) _dummy = (x - y); \
> -                     _dummy > smallest_signed_int(_dummy); })
> -#define seq_after(x, y) seq_before(y, x)
> -
>  static void start_vis_timer(struct bat_priv *bat_priv);
> 
>  /* free the info */

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