linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Misuse of sizeof

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Message-ID: <adak5a41069.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:59:10 -0800
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	"Giangiacomo Mariotti" <giangiacomo.mariotti@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Misuse of sizeof

 > IMO there's a bug in the use of sizeof in /arch/x86/boot/main.c, it's
 > also a strange style.

Style is of course a matter of opinion, but sizeof is an operator, not a
function, and as far as I can see, there's no bug in how it is used even
without your patch.

 - R.
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