linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/56] block: Remove void casts

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Message-ID: <20090409210812.GJ26366@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:08:12 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Jack Stone <jwjstone@...tmail.fm>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jeff@...zik.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/56] block: Remove void casts

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:31:43PM +0200, Bert Wesarg wrote:
> If typeof(c) == CommandList_struct*, that you could replace
> sizeof(CommandList_struct) with sizeof(*c) to make the expression
> shorter and fit into one line.

This is not commonly accepted as a good thing.  In particular, I would
seriously ask you to avoid doing anything of that kind around fs/*
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