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Bennett" , Jaroslav Kysela , Takashi Iwai , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org, arm-scmi@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, chrome-platform@lists.linux.dev, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-sound@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add offsetofp() and offsetofendp() for pointer arithmetic Message-ID: References: <20261105-offsetof-v1-0-4153f5c10edc@arm.com> X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20261105-offsetof-v1-0-4153f5c10edc@arm.com> X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html 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?