linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Replace the dangerous to_root

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Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2011 08:20:32 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Replace the dangerous to_root_device macro with an
 inline function

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 04:24:24PM +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> The original macro worked only when applied to variables named 'dev'.
> While this could have been fixed by simply renaming the macro argument,
> a more type-safe replacement is preferred.

Preferred for what?  This is a local macro, not exported to anything
else, is it causing problems today within this single file?

thanks,

greg k-h
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