Documenting counted-by relationships in kernel data structures
Documenting counted-by relationships in kernel data structures
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These other-language bindings are generally done by programs that use a C parser to analyze a C library's API and produce C code that would call it correctly. When there's a list of records, this currently requires recognizing a naming convention or something in order to interface between a language with built-in data structures with embedded lengths and C. This attribute would tell you the correct answer directly.