linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] signal: use sizeof() instead of sizeof

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Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 2016 08:55:39 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Wei Tang <tangwei@...s.chinamobile.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	oleg@...hat.com
Cc:	amanieu@...il.com, dave@...olabs.net, vdavydov@...allels.com,
	palmer@...belt.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] signal: use sizeof() instead of sizeof

Hi!

Am 02.02.2016 um 08:35 schrieb Wei Tang:
> This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warning to signal.c:
> 
> WARNING: sizeof info should be sizeof(info)

And why is this patch needed? What problem does it fix?
Complex expressions should be within parents
but in this case it is IMHO perfectly fine.

Thanks,
//richard