linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: ks7010: Unnecessary parentheses are removed.

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Date:   Sun, 19 Feb 2017 19:58:02 +0100 (CET)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:     Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: ks7010: Unnecessary
 parentheses are removed.



On Sun, 19 Feb 2017, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Sun, 2017-02-19 at 23:56 +0530, Arushi Singhal wrote:
> > Unnecessary parentheses should be avoided as reported by checkpatch.pl.
> > Remove unnecessary parentheses, as reported by checkpatch as are nicer
> > to read.For example:-
> > It's often nicer to read if &(foo[0]) is converted to foo like:
> >      memcpy(&(ap->bssid[0]), &(ap_info->bssid[0]), ETH_ALEN);
> >      memcpy(ap->bssid, ap_info->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
> []
> > @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int get_ap_information(struct ks_wlan_private *priv, struct ap_info_t *ap_info,
> >  	memset(ap, 0, sizeof(struct local_ap_t));
> >
> >  	/* bssid */
> > -	memcpy(&(ap->bssid[0]), &(ap_info->bssid[0]), ETH_ALEN);
> > +	memcpy(&ap->bssid[0], &ap_info->bssid[0], ETH_ALEN);
>
> This code doesn't match the suggested style of
> your commit message.

Is what is suggested in the commit message correct?  That is, is the 0th
element of an array always at the same address as a pointer to the array
itself?  Probably just paramoid...

julia

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