On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Mandeep Sandhu <mandeepsandhu.chd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:03 AM, Vijay Chauhan <kernel.vijay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Also, from the >>> archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx/msg12320.html >> >> Thank you for links which gives good explanation. >> But I am not able to understand the part accessing a member through >> NULL pointer like ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER) >> How it is handled? All you are doing is computing the address and not dereferencing it. If you dereference it, yes it will panic. eg.. *(((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)) will cause panic -- Thanks - Manish _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
