linux-kernel - Re: [patch] block, sx8: fix pointer math issue getting fw version

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Date:	Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:00:28 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] block, sx8: fix pointer math issue getting fw version

On 2012-03-03 07:58, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 2012-03-02 20:00, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> "mem" is type u8.  We need parenthesis here or it screws up the pointer
>> math probably leading to an oops.
> 
> Applied, thanks Dan. I have marked it stable, too.

Hmm wait Dan, seems to me that u8 pointer math should be equiv to char *
pointer math and hence it'd work just fine. Are you sure this is a bug?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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