linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] lib: Improve a size determination in seven functions

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Date:   Sun, 8 Oct 2017 12:49:26 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Daniel Mentz <danielmentz@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] lib: Improve a size determination in seven functions

On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 7:50 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 19:19:45 +0200
>
> Replace the specification of data structures by pointer dereferences
> as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
> determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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