Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: sim: simplify code with cleanup helpers

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Aug 16 2023 - 08:49:02 EST


On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 10:31:17PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Moreover, maybe some macro that can predict the API call from the type of
> > the parameter?
>
> The whole type inferrence in C is not extensible. That is, you get to
> write a single _Generic() statement, and every case that is included in
> it will work, but the moment you use a new type, one that is not
> included in your giant _Generic() statement, you're out of luck.

Additionally, spinlock_t, does that map to spinlock, spinlock_irq or
spinlock_irqsave ?