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Date:   Wed, 3 Jun 2020 12:16:28 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] crash: add VMCOREINFO macro for anonymous structs
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On Fri 2020-05-01 11:46:08, John Ogness wrote:
> Some structs are not named and are only available via their typedef.
> Add a VMCOREINFO macro to export field offsets for such structs.

Honestly, I did not get the meaning until I looked at the sample
usage added by the 2nd patch.

The term "anonymous structures" has another meaning in C++. It is
used for structures without any name that are defined inside a named
structure.

Something like this might be better:

"crash: Add VMCOREINFO macro to define offset in a struct declared by typedef

 The existing macro VMCOREINFO_OFFSET() can't be used for structures
 declared via typedef because "struct" is not part of type definition.

 Create another macro for this purpose."


Anyway, thanks a lot for the prototype of crash implementation.
I am happy that it is possible.

Best Regards,
Petr

PS: It might take few more days until I send some feedback for the
other patches. They are a bit more complex ;-)