From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] block, sx8: fix pointer math issue getting fw version
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:08:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F51FB9D.1020206@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120303080449.GK22598@mwanda>
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On 2012-03-03 09:04, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 08:00:28AM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 2012-03-03 07:58, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> On 2012-03-02 20:00, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>>>> "mem" is type u8. We need parenthesis here or it screws up the pointer
>>>> math probably leading to an oops.
>>>
>>> Applied, thanks Dan. I have marked it stable, too.
>>
>> Hmm wait Dan, seems to me that u8 pointer math should be equiv to char *
>> pointer math and hence it'd work just fine. Are you sure this is a bug?
>
> It's the cast on the line before is what breaks it. We need the
> parentheses so we add first then cast the result.
Ah indeed, missed that. Thanks!
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Jens Axboe
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-03 11:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-02 19:00 [patch] block, sx8: fix pointer math issue getting fw version Dan Carpenter
2012-03-03 6:58 ` Jens Axboe
2012-03-03 7:00 ` Jens Axboe
2012-03-03 8:04 ` Dan Carpenter
2012-03-03 11:08 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2012-03-03 17:10 ` Jeff Garzik
2012-03-03 18:44 ` Jens Axboe
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