linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] video: s3c-fb: Improve a size determination in s3c_fb

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Message-id: <2206589.7tfjgjbFvn@amdc3058>
Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:05:30 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>,
        'SF Markus Elfring' <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        'LKML' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] video: s3c-fb: Improve a size determination in
 s3c_fb_probe()

On Monday, November 27, 2017 01:07:15 PM Jingoo Han wrote:
> On Sunday, November 26, 2017 9:18 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > 
> > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:03:03 +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: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>

Patch queued for 4.17, thanks.

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