linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] linux/array_size.h: Add ARRAY_SIZE_OF

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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:30:00 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
Cc:     Lucas Segarra Fernandez <lucas.segarra.fernandez@...el.com>,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, qat-linux@...el.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@...el.com,
        Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] linux/array_size.h: Add ARRAY_SIZE_OF_FIELD()

On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 11:34 PM Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org> wrote:
> On 2023-08-17 16:33, Lucas Segarra Fernandez wrote:

...

> Some comment about the name:
>
> ARRAY_SIZE() is rather ambiguous, as there's array_size()[1], which means the
> number of bytes needed to represent the array.  I suggest a name based on
>
> -  _Lengthof()  It has been proposed to ISO C to get the number of elements
>                 of an array:
>                 <https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2529.pdf>.
>
> -  sizeof_field()  The kernel macro for the size of a struct member
>
> So, how about lengthof_field()?

TBH I do not understand the motivation of making this kind of
confusion and inconsistency. Are you suggesting renaming ARRAY_SIZE()
to begin with? If so, it's definitely out of the scope of this series.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko