On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:20:59AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > There are several FWINV #defines with identical form > that hide a specific structure variable and dereference > it with a invflags member. Right, this macro is obscure indeed. > $ git grep "define FWINV" > include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h:#define FWINV(bool,invflg) ((bool) ^ !!(info->invflags & invflg)) > net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c:#define FWINV2(bool, invflg) ((bool) ^ !!(e->invflags & invflg)) > net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c:#define FWINV(bool, invflg) ((bool) ^ !!(arpinfo->invflags & (invflg))) > net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c:#define FWINV(bool, invflg) ((bool) ^ !!(ipinfo->invflags & (invflg))) > net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:#define FWINV(bool, invflg) ((bool) ^ !!(ip6info->invflags & (invflg))) > net/netfilter/xt_tcpudp.c:#define FWINVTCP(bool, invflg) ((bool) ^ !!(tcpinfo->invflags & (invflg))) > > It might make sense to use a new macro like: > > #define INVFLAG(var, test, invflag) \ > ((test) ^ !!((var)->invflags & (invflag))) > > and convert all the various FWINV style uses > > $ git grep --name-only "\bFWINV" > include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h > net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_802_3.c > net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_arp.c > net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_ip.c > net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_ip6.c > net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_stp.c > net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c > net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c > net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c > net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c > net/netfilter/xt_tcpudp.c > > $ git grep "\bFWINV" | grep -v "#" | wc -l > 65 I'll be taking a patch to sort out this. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html