linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: vt6656: Use ARRAY_SIZE instead of define RATE

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Date:   Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:13:23 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>
Cc:     Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: vt6656: Use ARRAY_SIZE instead of define
 RATE_54M

On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 04:13:58PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote:
> Use ARRAY_SIZE to replace the define RATE_54M so we will never have a
> mismatch. In this way, avoid the possibility of a buffer overflow if
> this define is changed in the future to a greater value.
> 

Future proofing is not really a valid reason to change this.  We have to
assume that future programmers are not idiots.

The only valid reason to do this is readability, but I'm not convinced
the new version is more readable.

regards,
dan carpenter