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

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Message-ID: <20200723151310.GA2809544@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:13:10 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     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 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?

thanks,

greg k-h