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* [patch 1/1] use offsetof for rb_entry
@ 2004-10-07 17:53 blaisorblade_spam
  2004-10-07 21:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: blaisorblade_spam @ 2004-10-07 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: akpm; +Cc: linux-kernel, blaisorblade_spam


Use, in the rb_entry definition, the offsetof macro instead of reinventing the
wheel.

Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it>
---

 linux-2.6.9-current-paolo/include/linux/rbtree.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN include/linux/rbtree.h~use-offsetof-rb_entry include/linux/rbtree.h
--- linux-2.6.9-current/include/linux/rbtree.h~use-offsetof-rb_entry	2004-10-07 16:11:27.590555976 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.9-current-paolo/include/linux/rbtree.h	2004-10-07 16:11:27.592555672 +0200
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct rb_root
 
 #define RB_ROOT	(struct rb_root) { NULL, }
 #define	rb_entry(ptr, type, member)					\
-	((type *)((char *)(ptr)-(unsigned long)(&((type *)0)->member)))
+	((type *)((char *)(ptr) - offsetof(type, member)))
 
 extern void rb_insert_color(struct rb_node *, struct rb_root *);
 extern void rb_erase(struct rb_node *, struct rb_root *);
_

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* Re: [patch 1/1] use offsetof for rb_entry
  2004-10-07 17:53 [patch 1/1] use offsetof for rb_entry blaisorblade_spam
@ 2004-10-07 21:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2004-10-07 21:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: blaisorblade_spam; +Cc: akpm, linux-kernel

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 07:53:42PM +0200, blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it wrote:
> 
> Use, in the rb_entry definition, the offsetof macro instead of reinventing the
> wheel.

Or just use container_of - which has the additional benefit of beeing typesafe.


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