linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] video: ssd1307fb: Improve a size determination in ssd1307fb

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Message-id: <3926941.Nf8LXND9kI@amdc3058>
Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:53:38 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Bastian Stender <bst@...gutronix.de>,
        Jyri Sarha <jsarha@...com>,
        Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] video: ssd1307fb: Improve a size determination in
 ssd1307fb_probe()

On Sunday, January 07, 2018 07:34:44 PM SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 19:27:28 +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>

Patch queued for 4.17, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics