Re: [PATCH] net: sched: Fix memory exposure from short TCA_U32_SEL

[Joe Perches]

On Sun, 2018-08-26 at 22:24 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 11:57:57AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> 
> > > That, BTW, is why I hate the use of sizeof(*p) in kmalloc, etc.
> > > arguments.  typeof is even worse in that respect.
> > 
> > True.  Semantic searches via tools like coccinelle could help here
> > but those searches are quite a bit slower than straightforward greps.
> 
> Those searches are .config-sensitive as well, which can be much more
> unpleasant than being slow...

Are they?  Julia?