Re: PATCH 2.5.2.9: ext2 unbork fs.h (part 1/7)

[Mark Zealey <mark@zealos.org>]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 04:01:33PM +0000, Anton Altaparmakov wrote:

> >> >         at this point we have what Linus described:
> >> >
> >> >                 struct ext2_inode_info {
> >> >                         ...ext2 stuff...
> >> >                         struct inode inode;
> >> >                 };
> >
> >Interesting, it's something I've always wanted to be able to do.  But I
> >suppose the compiler requirement is a stupport.
> 
> Yes. I wonder if gcc people can be persuaded to backport annonymous 
> structures and unions into gcc-2.95...?

You can fake it in a semi-messy way, using a #define, like:

#define STRUCT_INODE				\
	struct list_head        i_hash;		\
	struct list_head        i_list;		\
	struct list_head        i_dentry;	\
	...

struct inode {
	STRUCT_INODE;
};

struct ext2_inode_info {
	...ext2 stuff...
	STRUCT_INODE;
};


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Mark Zealey
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mark@itsolve.co.uk

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