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Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:00:28 +0100
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Subject: Re: [patch] block, sx8: fix pointer math issue getting fw version
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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?

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Jens Axboe