linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dm: dm-zoned: Adjust dmz_load

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Message-ID: <202602042007.5C1A9E74@keescook>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 20:08:08 -0800
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>,
	dm-devel@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dm: dm-zoned: Adjust dmz_load_mapping() allocation type

On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 12:49:53PM +0200, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> I accepted both patches.
> 
> Just nit-picking - I prefer type name as an argument to the sizeof 
> operator rather than variable name - because when someone needs to find 
> out where variables with a particular type are allocated, it can be easily 
> done with grep if the sizeof operator contains the type name. So I changed 
> your patches so that there are type names.

Thanks for the fix-ups! I wanted to check on these patches, though,
since I still don't see them in -next and the merge window is expected
to open next week.

Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook