linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] kernel.h: Split out container_of() and typeof

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Date:   Thu, 7 Oct 2021 13:00:36 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
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        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] kernel.h: Split out container_of() and
 typeof_memeber() macros

On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 12:20:58PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:39:22PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 1:23 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Life is messy and can not easily be partitioned into tiny pieces.  That
> > > way usually ends up being even messier in the end...
> > 
> > I agree measurements would be ideal.
> > 
> > Having said that, even if it makes no performance difference, I think
> > it is reasonable to split things (within reason) and makes a bunch of
> > other things easier, plus sometimes one can enforce particular
> > conventions in the separate header (like I did when introducing
> > `compiler_attributes.h`).
> 
> It does almost 2% (steady) speedup. I will send a v2 with methodology
> and numbers of testing.

Seems it's slightly different Cc list, so TWIMC the v2 is here:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20211007095129.22037-5-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com/T/#u

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko