>> Where should "the error pointers" be stored instead? > > A local variable, before you assign it into the datastructure. I have looked at the affected software infrastructure once more. Now I find still that your data reorgansisation wish can not be resolved in a simple way. I imagine that your update suggestion would mean that the corresponding pointers will be passed around by function parameters instead, wouldn't it? Two pointers were stored as the members "arc4" and "sha1" of the data structure "ppp_mppe_state" for a specific reason. A pointer to this structure is passed to the ppp_register_compressor() function. https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/include/linux/ppp-comp.h?id=607ca46e97a1b6594b29647d98a32d545c24bdff#n32 The data structure "compressor" manages some function pointers. I assume that this interface should not be changed at the moment, should it? Are further ideas needed here? Regards, Markus -- 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
