linux-kernel - Re: RFC: kernel coding style: prefer array to &array[0] ?

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Message-ID: <5593D4F5.1090106@ladisch.de>
Date:	Wed, 01 Jul 2015 13:54:29 +0200
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: kernel coding style: prefer array to &array[0] ?

Joe Perches wrote:
> It seems most in-kernel uses are 'array' rather than '&array[0]'
>
> Most of the time, using array is simpler to read than &array[0].
>
> Exceptions exists when addresses for consecutive members are
> used like func(&array[0], &array[1]);

I use '&array[0]' when I want to get a pointer to a single object that
happens to be the first one in an array.

> Should this preference be put into checkpatch and/or CodingStyle?

How about the following low-hanging fruit?

  foo(..., &array[0], ARRAY_SIZE(array), ...)


Regards,
Clemens
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