linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Input: wm831x-on: Improve a size determination in wm831x_on

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Message-ID: <20180125094932.5ue4aueosfehkzsn@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:49:32 +0000
From:   Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
CC:     <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>, <patches@...nsource.cirrus.com>,
        "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Input: wm831x-on: Improve a size determination in
 wm831x_on_probe()

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:22:35PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:58:42 +0100
> 
> 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.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---

Acked-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>

Thanks,
Charles