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From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 09:18:04 -0700
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> So I think you should just expose your type to anybody who uses a pointer to it.

Oh well, it was a fun exercise. Too bad we failed due to inconsistencies in
compilers :-(

-- Steve