On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 OK I got it. Thank you all for your help. Vijay > > -- > Thanks - > Manish _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
