Re: [patch net-next] net: qcom/emac: fix a sizeof() typo

[Timur Tabi]

walter harms wrote:
> The question is: why is a simple calculation const*const
> separated into a function ?

This is a callback function.  That's just how it's defined.

It's rare, but there are drivers that use the parameter, like this one:

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/tree/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_ethtool.c#n591

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