linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 3/4] char/tpm: Improve a size determination in nine functions

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:50:05 +0000
From:   <Alexander.Steffen@...ineon.com>
To:     <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>, <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>, <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>, <jsnitsel@...hat.com>,
        <kgold@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, <paulus@...ba.org>,
        <PeterHuewe@....de>, <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/4] char/tpm: Improve a size determination in nine
 functions

> > Replace the specification of data structures by pointer dereferences
> > as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding
> > size
> > determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style
> > convention.
> 
> 
> This patch does one style in favor of the other.

I actually prefer that style, so I'd welcome this change :)

> At the end it's Jarkko's call, though I would NAK this as I think some
> one already told this to you for some other similar patch(es).
> 
> 
> I even would suggest to stop doing this noisy stuff, which keeps people
> busy for nothing.

Cleaning up old code is also worth something, even if does not change one bit in the assembly output in the end...

Alexander