linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] pstore/ram: Add ramoops support for the Flattened Device Tree.

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Message-ID: <20120908080607.GA22071@lizard>
Date:	Sat, 8 Sep 2012 01:06:09 -0700
From:	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>
To:	Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@...il.com>
Cc:	Bryan Freed <bfreed@...omium.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
	sboyd@...eaurora.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] pstore/ram: Add ramoops support for the Flattened
 Device Tree.

On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 09:23:40AM +0200, Marco Stornelli wrote: [...]
> >>+	pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
> >>+   if (pdata == NULL)
> >
> >I wonder why people prefer to not write !pdata, which is more natural
> >when reading the code.. :-)
> 
> I think it's the same for sizeof, it's much more readable
> sizeof(struct ramoops_platform_data).

Well, sizeof(struct...) is against Linux coding style.  And there are
good reasons for this rule, it's all in the CodingStyle file. Thus,
it's not about personal preferences. But speaking of personal
preferences, I don't find sizeof(struct...) more readable. :-)

Thanks!
Anton.
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