linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Improve a size determination in two functions

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:50:39 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     sandeen@...hat.com
Cc:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Improve a size determination in two functions

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 08:49:20PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 8/19/17 6:48 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 13:14:26 +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>
> 
> Looks good,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted