linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2][next] mm: memcontrol: Use the preferred form for passing the size of a structure type

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Date:   Tue, 4 Aug 2020 15:25:47 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2][next] mm: memcontrol: Use the preferred form for
 passing the size of a structure type

On Fri 31-07-20 12:13:14, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Use the preferred form for passing the size of a structure type. The
> alternative form where the structure type is spelled out hurts
> readability and introduces an opportunity for a bug when the object
> type is changed but the corresponding object identifier to which the
> sizeof operator is applied is not.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index bd7f972ceea4..bd0f56785841 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -4255,7 +4255,7 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_usage_register_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>  	new->entries[size - 1].threshold = threshold;
>  
>  	/* Sort thresholds. Registering of new threshold isn't time-critical */
> -	sort(new->entries, size, sizeof(struct mem_cgroup_threshold),
> +	sort(new->entries, size, sizeof(*new->entries),
>  			compare_thresholds, NULL);
>  
>  	/* Find current threshold */
> -- 
> 2.27.0

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs