netdev - Re: [PATCH 19/64] ip: Use struct_group() for memcpy() regions

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Message-ID: <YQD8DcOeivPzLMkL@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:41:17 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Keith Packard <keithpac@...zon.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/64] ip: Use struct_group() for memcpy() regions

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 01:31:16AM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > Why not use a local version of the macro like was done in the DRM header
> > file, to make it always work the same and more obvious what is
> > happening?  If I were a userspace developer and saw the above, I would
> > think that the kernel developers have lost it :)
> 
> Then don't take a look at this[1]. :p
> 
> --
> Gustavo
> 
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/linus/c0a744dcaa29e9537e8607ae9c965ad936124a4d

That one at least looks a "little" different so maybe it could be seen
as semi-reasonable :)