linux-kernel - Re: [char-misc-next 1/6] mei: hbm: use sizeof of variable instead of struct type

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:04:06 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Cc:     Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [char-misc-next 1/6] mei: hbm: use sizeof of variable instead of
 struct type



On 7/23/20 10:13, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 05:59:22PM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
>> There is a possibility of bug when variable type has changed but
>> corresponding struct passed to the sizeof has not.
>>
>> Cc: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
> 
> This doesn't apply to my tree as I've applied Gustavo's patch.  Should I
> revert that first?
> 

Yep; this series doesn't take into account my patch. I'm OK with
reverting it, so we can apply this series.

Thanks
--
Gustavo