linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] staging: rtl8723bs: remove custom FIELD

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Message-ID: <20251122174555.215109-2-knavaneeth786@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:45:51 +0000
From: Navaneeth K <knavaneeth786@...il.com>
To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Navaneeth K <knavaneeth786@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] staging: rtl8723bs: remove custom FIELD_OFFSET macro

The driver defined a custom macro FIELD_OFFSET which duplicates the
standard functionality of the kernel's offsetof() macro.

Remove the custom definition to clean up the code and rely on
standard kernel macros.

Signed-off-by: Navaneeth K <knavaneeth786@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/basic_types.h | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/basic_types.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/basic_types.h
index 1c2da18e6210..8adb95f9f1e5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/basic_types.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/basic_types.h
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 #define FAIL	(-1)
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-
-#define FIELD_OFFSET(s, field)	((__kernel_ssize_t)&((s *)(0))->field)
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
 
 #define SIZE_PTR __kernel_size_t
 #define SSIZE_PTR __kernel_ssize_t
-- 
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