linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] gpiolib: devres: use correct structure type name in sizeof

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Message-ID: <CAAVeFuLZb3CVV6B771V3-mzYdp0zsxaBfAAdikQDMBxSZTPTjA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:27:38 +0900
From:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, toralf.foerster@....de, hmh@....eng.br,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] gpiolib: devres: use correct structure type name in sizeof

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr> wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
>
> Correct typo in the name of the type given to sizeof.  Because it is the
> size of a pointer that is wanted, the typo has no impact on compilation or
> execution.
>
> This problem was found using Coccinelle (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/).  The
> semantic patch used can be found in message 0 of this patch series.

Acked-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>

Interestingly the compiler never complains despite gpiod_desc not
being a declared type...

Thanks!
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