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

[Richard Weinberger]

On 07.10.2016 09:53, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 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.

Also a matter of taste.
See http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/struct_init.html

Thanks,
//richard