linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] video: sm501fb: Improve a size determination in sm501fb

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Message-id: <1859038.Xq2p7m02WJ@amdc3058>
Date:   Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:15:38 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>,
        Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] video: sm501fb: Improve a size determination in
 sm501fb_probe()

On Sunday, November 26, 2017 11:18:26 AM SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 10:22:37 +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>

Hand applied and queued for 4.18, thanks.

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