linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] RDS: IB: Improve a size determination in rds_ib_add

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 12:22:32 -0700
From:   Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        rds-devel@....oracle.com, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] RDS: IB: Improve a size determination in
 rds_ib_add_one()

On 5/22/2017 7:12 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 15:40:21 +0200
> 
> Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
> determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>