* Denys Vlasenko <dvlas...@redhat.com> wrote: > Suggested by Linus. > > Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlas...@redhat.com> > CC: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> > CC: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org> > CC: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> > CC: Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de> > CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <h...@zytor.com> > CC: Andy Lutomirski <l...@amacapital.net> > CC: Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> > CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweis...@gmail.com> > CC: Alexei Starovoitov <a...@plumgrid.com> > CC: Will Drewry <w...@chromium.org> > CC: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> > CC: x...@kernel.org > CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > --- > include/linux/stddef.h | 9 +++++++++ > include/linux/vfio.h | 13 ------------- > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/stddef.h b/include/linux/stddef.h > index f4aec0e..076af43 100644 > --- a/include/linux/stddef.h > +++ b/include/linux/stddef.h > @@ -19,3 +19,12 @@ enum { > #define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER) > #endif > #endif > + > +/** > + * offsetofend(TYPE, MEMBER) > + * > + * @TYPE: The type of the structure > + * @MEMBER: The member within the structure to get the end offset of > + */ > +#define offsetofend(TYPE, MEMBER) \ > + (offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) + sizeof(((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)) > diff --git a/include/linux/vfio.h b/include/linux/vfio.h > index 2d67b89..049b2f4 100644 > --- a/include/linux/vfio.h > +++ b/include/linux/vfio.h > @@ -78,19 +78,6 @@ extern int vfio_register_iommu_driver(const struct > vfio_iommu_driver_ops *ops); > extern void vfio_unregister_iommu_driver( > const struct vfio_iommu_driver_ops *ops); > > -/** > - * offsetofend(TYPE, MEMBER) > - * > - * @TYPE: The type of the structure > - * @MEMBER: The member within the structure to get the end offset of > - * > - * Simple helper macro for dealing with variable sized structures passed > - * from user space. This allows us to easily determine if the provided > - * structure is sized to include various fields. > - */ > -#define offsetofend(TYPE, MEMBER) \ > - (offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) + sizeof(((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER))
So I like it, and because it is not particularly trivial when to use this primitive it was explained nicely in a description in the vfio.h version. But you lost that nice description during the code move!! Please don't. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/