Re: [PATCH] iio: Use parens with sizeof

[Joe Perches]

On Sun, 2022-07-17 at 16:08 -0400, Joe Simmons-Talbott wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 10:08:37AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Sun, 2022-07-17 at 11:34 -0400, Joe Simmons-Talbott wrote:
> > > Prefer 'sizeof(var)' over 'sizeof var' as reported by checkpatch.pl.
> > 
> > unrelated trivia:
> > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
> > []
> > > @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ struct iio_poll_func
> > >  	va_list vargs;
> > >  	struct iio_poll_func *pf;
> > >  
> > > -	pf = kmalloc(sizeof *pf, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	pf = kmalloc(sizeof(*pf), GFP_KERNEL);
> > >  	if (pf == NULL)
> > >  		return NULL;
> > >  	va_start(vargs, fmt);
> > > @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ struct iio_trigger *viio_trigger_alloc(struct device *parent,
> > >  	struct iio_trigger *trig;
> > >  	int i;
> > >  
> > > -	trig = kzalloc(sizeof *trig, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	trig = kzalloc(sizeof(*trig), GFP_KERNEL);
> > >  	if (!trig)
> > >  		return NULL;
> > 
> > It'd be nice to be consistent with the allocation return test.
> > 
> > Please pick one of:
> > 
> > 	if (ptr == NULL)
> > or
> > 	if (!ptr)		// my preference
> > 
> 
> I'm happy to submit a patch for that.  Do you want me to include a
> Suggested-by: tag?

Not really.