From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@computer.org>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Add WARN on sizeof(&
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:17:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091026111722.GF12089@shadowen.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1254618769.1799.280.camel@Joe-Laptop.home>
On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 06:12:49PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 17:38 +0200, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
> > David Miller wrote:
> > > Any time you see "&" in a sizeof() expression, it's almost
> > > certainly a bug. Something for the folks with automated
> > > tools to look for if they haven't already :-)
> >
> > Your remark prompted me to find four more instances of such bugs
> > (none of which in the networking bits). I have submitted patches.
>
> Perhaps a checkpatch test.
>
> ---
>
> sizeof(&foo) is frequently an error. Warn on its use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Seems reasonable. A slightly modified version of this is now in my
tree. Thanks!
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/apw/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-testing
-apw
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-26 11:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-02 9:30 [PATCH] net: Fix wrong sizeof Jean Delvare
2009-10-02 15:14 ` Randy Dunlap
2009-10-02 16:54 ` David Miller
[not found] ` <4AC77003.9090805@computer.org>
2009-10-04 1:12 ` [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Add WARN on sizeof(& Joe Perches
2009-10-05 7:59 ` Américo Wang
2009-10-26 11:17 ` Andy Whitcroft [this message]
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