linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Remove unnecessary zero-length struct member

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Message-Id: <D91D318D-83C0-46FC-B16A-CDD45FA57B2D@linux.dev>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:25:00 +0200
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
 Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
 linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Remove unnecessary zero-length struct member

On 16. Apr 2025, at 04:33, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2025, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> 
>> Remove the zero-length struct member '__last' and use sizeof() to
>> calculate the value for MAX_REG_OFFSET.
>> 
>> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Have you verified that there's no change except for timestamp data in 
> (non-debug) `vmlinux' produced with and w/o the patch applied?

Just did - and yes, the binaries are identical.

Thanks,
Thorsten