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Re: [PATCH 2/7] mac80211: replace ieee80211_get_morefrag with ieee80211_has_morefrags

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On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 19:22 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 09:29 -0700, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 09:38 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > > -	if (ieee80211_get_morefrag(hdr))
> > > > +	if (ieee80211_has_morefrags(hdr->frame_control))
> > > 
> > > looks fine to me, though I wonder if we should have
> > > 
> > > ieee80211_has_morefrags(struct 80211hdr)
> > > and
> > > __ieee80211_has_morefrags(__le16 fc)
> > > 
> > > or something with variants of the functions that do the ->frame_control?
> > 
> > I considered that, but thought it was a small benefit for doubling the
> > number of helpers.
> > 
> > I chose the __le16 variant as there is some driver code that checks these
> > values in driver-specific structures, so I just left it up to the caller
> > to dereference whatever structure the frame control is held in.
> > 
> > But if both sets are wanted, I would suggest:
> > 
> > ieee80211_fc_has_morefrags(__le16 fc);
> > 
> > ieee80211_has_morefrags(struct ieee80211 *hdr)
> > {
> > 	return ieee80211_fc_has_morefrags(hdr->frame_control);
> > }
> > 
> > Do you think I should add the struct helper(s)?
> 
> It looks like you'd be using them in many places, so don't you think it
> would be helpful? I don't really care too much.
> 

OK, I've added kernel-doc and incorporated the other comments, I'm not
going to add additional helpers for the struct ieee80211 case at this
time.

I'll check it over and send a revised version in a bit.

Harvey

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