linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/boot: sizeof macro

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Date:   Sun, 31 Dec 2017 13:48:28 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Saidgani Musaev <cpu808694@...il.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/boot: sizeof macro

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 9:46 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> * Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:

>> > -       ireg.cx  = sizeof buf;
>> > +       ireg.cx  = sizeof(buf);
>>
>> sizeof is operator, not a function.
>> So, what are you trying to achieve?
>
> That's true, but in the kernel coding style we use it as a function:

Yeah, the question is do we need to change all those 177 occurrences at all?
Or perhaps it might be an opportunity during some other changes to
certain users...

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko