linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: use sizeof() instead of sizeof

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Date:	Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:21:38 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Wei Tang <tangwei@...s.chinamobile.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, peterz@...radead.org, tj@...nel.org,
	kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, jason.low2@...com,
	xypron.glpk@....de, oleg@...hat.com, koct9i@...il.com,
	josh@...htriplett.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com, cyphar@...har.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: use sizeof() instead of sizeof

On Tue, 2016-02-02 at 17:11 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 09:02:16AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2016-02-02 at 15:45 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 10:11:18AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > > * Wei Tang <tangwei@...s.chinamobile.com> wrote:
> > []
> > > > > WARNING: sizeof sig->rlim should be sizeof(sig->rlim)
> > []
> > > > If anyone feels strongly about accepting such patches, then the right solution is 
> > > > to create a Coccinelle semantic patch to run over the whole kernel and get over 
> > > > with the churn once and for all.
> > > 
> > > That, or a single patch taking that piece of idiocy out of checkpatch.pl...
> > 
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/11/103
> 
> Umm...  Matter of taste, really

On that I can agree.  Idiocy rather less so.