Re: [PATCH 24/54] md/raid1: Improve another size determination in setup_conf()

[Dan Carpenter]

On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 11:29:20AM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 11:22 AM, SF Markus Elfring
> <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 21:46:18 +0200
> >
> > Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> > as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
> > determination a bit safer.
> 
> Isn't this pure matter of taste?
> Some developers prefer sizeof(*ptr) because it is easier to type, other
> developers prefer sizeof(struct foo) because you can determine the type
> at first sight and makes review more easy.

sizeof(*ptr) is more future proof and normally more obvious and easier
to review.  That said, I've tried to tell Markus to only send bugfix
patches because these are a waste of time and regularly introduce bugs.

regards,
dan carpenter