Re: PATCH: type safe(r) list_entry repacement: generic_out_cast

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On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 09:28:26PM +1000, Neil Brown wrote:
> So... I have created "generic_out_cast" which is like the old
> list_entry but with an extra type arguement. I have then
> changed uses of list_entry that did not actually apply to lists to use
> generic_out_cast, often indirectly.

Two small nitpicks:
* the name is silly. what about get_container()?
* please move it away from list.h to e.g. kernel.h

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