Re: +checkpatch-add-check-for-use-of-sizeof-without-parenthesis.patch added to-mm tree

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2012-07-09 at 15:55 -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> So, nack, don't start enforcing your own coding style and preferences in 
> checkpatch.pl.

Not just my opinion.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2008/12/23/138
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Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:08:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <>
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Another example of this is "sizeof". The kernel universally (I hope) has 
parenthesis around the sizeof argument, even though it's clearly not 
required by the C language. 

It's a coding standard. 
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cheers, Joe

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