>> do we need it on HEAD, too? > Yes. The patch applies cleanly to the very recent -current.
A suggestion from someone who's had to deal with such changes before: change the struct element name (and change the macros to match), as a way to guarantee catching any lingering direct references. It's possible you've already done this privately. But I'd suggest at least considering doing it in the main tree. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B