From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Taking sizeof the result of sizeof is quite strange and does not seem to be what is wanted here. This was fixed using the following semantic patch. (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ expression E; @@ - sizeof ( sizeof (E) - ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/net/r6040.c b/drivers/net/r6040.c --- a/drivers/net/r6040.c 2008-06-17 19:46:52.000000000 +0200 +++ b/drivers/net/r6040.c 2008-06-23 22:55:11.000000000 +0200 @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static void r6040_init_ring_desc(struct dma_addr_t mapping = desc_dma; while (size-- > 0) { - mapping += sizeof(sizeof(*desc)); + mapping += sizeof(*desc); desc->ndesc = cpu_to_le32(mapping); desc->vndescp = desc + 1; desc++; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html