From: Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at>
To: Daniel Taylor <Daniel.Taylor@wdc.com>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
Pavel Vasilyev <pavel@pavlinux.ru>,
"linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org"
<linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: replace strlen("string") with sizeof("string") -1
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:19:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1344345590.3975.1.camel@thorin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5A9BC72FD5CEC94EA024CED8E31D701A2FD84FC0@wdscexmb03.sc.wdc.com>
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 22:57 +0000, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> Silly question: when did sizeof("string") get changed to be anything
> other than the size of the pointer ("string" is, after all, an array
> of characters)?
It is since K&R times that way.
If you do not know the difference between a pointer and an array (and
these are vastly different), go learn something new about C.
Bernd
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From: Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at>
To: Daniel Taylor <Daniel.Taylor@wdc.com>
Cc: "'Alan Stern'" <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
Pavel Vasilyev <pavel@pavlinux.ru>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
"linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org"
<linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Subject: RE: [linux-pm] [PATCH] ACPI: replace strlen("string") with sizeof("string") -1
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:19:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1344345590.3975.1.camel@thorin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5A9BC72FD5CEC94EA024CED8E31D701A2FD84FC0@wdscexmb03.sc.wdc.com>
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 22:57 +0000, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> Silly question: when did sizeof("string") get changed to be anything
> other than the size of the pointer ("string" is, after all, an array
> of characters)?
It is since K&R times that way.
If you do not know the difference between a pointer and an array (and
these are vastly different), go learn something new about C.
Bernd
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LUGA : http://www.luga.at
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-07 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-30 5:07 ACPI & Power Management Patches for Linux 3.5-rc4 Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` [PATCH 1/8] ACPI sysfs.c strlen fix Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` [PATCH 2/8] ACPI, x86: fix Dell M6600 ACPI reboot regression via DMI Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` Len Brown
2012-07-06 11:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-06-30 5:07 ` [PATCH 3/8] ACPI: Make acpi_skip_timer_override cover all source_irq==0 cases Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` [PATCH 4/8] ACPI: Remove one board specific WARN when ignoring timer overriding Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` [PATCH 5/8] ACPI: Add a quirk for "AMILO PRO V2030" to ignore the " Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` [PATCH 6/8] ACPI, APEI, Avoid too much error reporting in runtime Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` [PATCH 7/8] ACPI video: Still use ACPI backlight control if _DOS doesn't exist Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` [PATCH 8/8] acpi_pad: fix power_saving thread deadlock Len Brown
2012-06-30 5:07 ` Len Brown
2012-06-30 14:25 ` [PATCH 1/8] ACPI sysfs.c strlen fix Alan Stern
2012-06-30 14:25 ` [linux-pm] " Alan Stern
2012-07-27 1:39 ` [PATCH] ACPI: replace strlen("string") with sizeof("string") -1 Len Brown
2012-07-27 1:39 ` Len Brown
2012-07-30 14:26 ` Ian Campbell
2012-07-30 14:41 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2012-08-06 10:21 ` [linux-pm] " Pavel Machek
2012-08-06 14:36 ` Alan Stern
2012-08-06 14:36 ` [linux-pm] " Alan Stern
2012-08-06 16:00 ` Pavel Vasilyev
2012-08-06 16:28 ` Alan Stern
2012-08-06 16:28 ` [linux-pm] " Alan Stern
2012-08-06 18:47 ` Pavel Vasilyev
2012-08-06 19:59 ` Alan Stern
2012-08-06 19:59 ` [linux-pm] " Alan Stern
2012-08-06 22:57 ` Daniel Taylor
2012-08-07 13:19 ` Bernd Petrovitsch [this message]
2012-08-07 13:19 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-08-08 0:59 ` Daniel Taylor
2012-08-07 1:07 ` Pavel Vasilyev
2012-08-07 1:07 ` Pavel Vasilyev
2012-08-07 17:24 ` Alan Stern
2012-08-07 17:24 ` [linux-pm] " Alan Stern
2012-08-07 23:23 ` Pavel Vasilyev
2012-08-08 1:27 ` Alan Stern
2012-08-08 1:27 ` Alan Stern
2012-08-06 10:26 ` Andreas Schwab
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