Re: [PATCH] clk: bcm/kona: Do not use sizeof on pointer type

From	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] clk: bcm/kona: Do not use sizeof on pointer type
Date	2016-05-06 20:10 +0200
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On 04/28, Vaishali Thakkar wrote:
> When sizeof is applied to a pointer typed expression, it gives
> the size of the pointer. So, here do not use sizeof on pointer
> type. Also, silent checkpatch.pl by using kmalloc_array over
> kmalloc.
> 
> Note that this has no effect on runtime because 'parent_names'
> is a pointer to a pointer.
> 
> Problem found using Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vaishali Thakkar <vaishali.thakkar@oracle.com>
> ---

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[PATCH] clk: bcm/kona: Do not use sizeof on pointer type Vaishali Thakkar <vaishali.thakkar@oracle.com> - 2016-04-28 16:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] clk: bcm/kona: Do not use sizeof on pointer type Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2016-05-06 20:10 +0200

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