GCC extension

The following example will use typeof to build generic macro.
(void) (&_min2 == &_min2); // create compile warning when type is not match.

#define min(x, y) ({				\
	typeof(x) _min1 = (x);			\
	typeof(y) _min2 = (y);			\
	(void) (&_min1 == &_min2);		\
	_min1 < _min2 ? _min1 : _min2; })

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GCC hacks in the Linux kernel