Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:36:41 -0500 (EST)
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename FIELD_SIZEOF to MEMBER_SIZE and use in source
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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Randy Dunlap wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:34:09 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> >
> >   Rename the macro FIELD_SIZEOF() in include/linux/kernel.h to
> > MEMBER_SIZE(), and make a number of replacements in the source tree
> > where that macro simplified the code.
>
> Hi,
>
> Your CodingStyle ch. 17 additions also need to be updated
> if/when they are merged (since they refer to FIELD_SIZEOF()).
> Did Andrew add that to -mm?  I don't recall.

yes, that went in already.  re-reading christopher's recent posting,
he seems fairly convinced that that macro should be called either
SIZEOF_FIELD or FIELD_SIZE.  i'm happy with either choice, so someone
else can make the decision and i'll go with it.

rday
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