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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: khali@linux-fr.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, rdunlap@xenotime.net,
	stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Fix wrong sizeof
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:54:02 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091002.095402.42770342.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091002113038.1dc3d284@hyperion.delvare>

From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:30:38 +0200

> Which is why I have always preferred sizeof(struct foo) over
> sizeof(var).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>

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 :-)

I'll apply this, thanks.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-10-02 16:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ 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 [this message]
2009-10-03 15:38   ` Jan Ceuleers

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