On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Sukrit Sangwan <sukritsangwan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There are instances in the code where sizeof(*ptr) is used. e.g. > in net/802/garp.c > const struct garp_msg_hdr *gm; > if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*gm))) > return -1; > i want to ask is there any sense in using sizeof(struct garp_msg_hdr) > instead of sizeof(*gm) in the above example. Imagine what would happen if you change the name of struct garp_msg_hdr; thanks, Daniel. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
