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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add offsetofp() and offsetofendp() for pointer arithmetic
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 00:04:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <au2J-lMcEn4p4KGR@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105-offsetof-v1-0-4153f5c10edc@arm.com>
On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 06:16:15PM +0100, Bence Csokas wrote:
> A common usage pattern for offsetof() is the following:
>
> offsetof(typeof(*ptr), member)
>
> Condense this operation to one macro for a more maintainable code base.
What exactly makes non-standard macros with no obvious safety benefit
more maintainable?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 8:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 17:16 Bence Csokas
2026-11-05 17:16 ` [PATCH 1/3] stddef: " Bence Csokas
2026-11-05 17:16 ` [PATCH 2/3] treewide: Use offsetofendp() Bence Csokas
2026-11-05 17:16 ` [PATCH 3/3] treewide: Use offsetofp() Bence Csokas
2026-11-06 8:04 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-11-06 8:29 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add offsetofp() and offsetofendp() for pointer arithmetic Bence Csókás
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