>> If it doesn't exist -- do you see something that could go wrong with a >> ptrlen function? Would upstream like it? > > There is only one possibility: Just try and propose it. Create such a > function for your part, send a patch and plain simply ask if people feel > that the function should move to the lib/ directory (or whereever). Thanks. Good advice. Nobody wants a function that is not used anyway. I'll send one in the next patch I send upstream within a driver and propose it for lib/. If it is not liked I'll still use it for the driver thus no harm done. I'll name it ptrlen since I guess someday somebody might want to grep for this name :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ