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

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Message-ID: <CAH4c4jKB_oTHDN6tp_ujBY_mNOyY_J60RrNFiFKXf=H_OCMPEA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 21:04:12 +0530
From: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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, Aug 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> 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.

I understand. Thanks