netdev - Re: [PATCH] selftests/drivers/net: replace typeof() with __auto

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Message-ID: <20250806082933.4c1240c1@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 08:29:33 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
Cc: andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, shuah@...nel.org, dw@...idwei.uk, haiyuewa@....com,
 axboe@...nel.dk, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/drivers/net: replace typeof() with
 __auto_type

On Wed,  6 Aug 2025 13:50:16 +0530 Pranav Tyagi wrote:
> Replace typeof() with __auto_type in iou-zcrx.c.
> __auto_type was introduced in GCC 4.9 and reduces the compile time for
> all compilers. No functional changes intended.

Yet another unnecessary compiler feature. Please no.