Re: [PATCH] iio: Use parens with sizeof

From: Joe Simmons-Talbott
Date: Sun Jul 17 2022 - 16:08:35 EST


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?

Thanks,
Joe