It's ugly and adds a global.h dependency.

Cc: ScottFang@viatech.com.cn
Cc: JosephChan@via.com.tw
Cc: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Acked-by: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>