Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Use standard header for offsetof

[Stefan Weil]

Anthony Liguori schrieb:
> I don't understand why you're adding #include <stdef.h> to files that 
> do not define offsetof.  What's the rationale for that?
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
There were several possible ways to replace the defines for offsetof.
After removing the defines, I could

1) include stddef.h at the places where offsetof was defined formerly

or

2) include stddef.h at the places where offsetof was used

or

3) include stddef.h for all files where the compiler complains because 
of missing declaration for offsetof

I prefered solution 2 because it minimizes dependencies and usage of 
include files.
Solution 3 would have needed a complete compile test (all possible 
targets for all
possible hosts and all possible configuration options).

Normally, I also add a comment behind any include statement which shows 
the reason for it:

#include <stddef.h>   /* offsetof */

So everybody can see why the include is there, and the maintainer can 
remove it
when the former reason is no longer valid.
But this is not Qemu-like style, so I did not use it here.

Regards,
Stefan