netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] ISDN-Gigaset: Enclose two expressions for the sizeof operator by parentheses

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:38:14 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        gigaset307x-common@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Karsten Keil <isdn@...ux-pingi.de>,
        Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] ISDN-Gigaset: Enclose two expressions for the sizeof
 operator by parentheses

Hello.

On 09/26/2016 06:44 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:03:56 +0200
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>
> The script "checkpatch.pl" can point information out like the following.
>
> WARNING: sizeof … should be sizeof(…)
>
> Thus fix the affected source code places.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c
> index 2e9382f..d901ed7 100644
> --- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c
> +++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void gigaset_dbg_buffer(enum debuglevel level, const unsigned char *msg,
>  {
>  	unsigned char outbuf[80];
>  	unsigned char c;
> -	size_t space = sizeof outbuf - 1;
> +	size_t space = sizeof(outbuf - 1);

    What?! Does that compile?

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MBR, Sergei