On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 10:11:18AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Wei Tang <tang...@cmss.chinamobile.com> wrote: > > > This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warning to fork.c: > > > > WARNING: sizeof sig->rlim should be sizeof(sig->rlim) > > > > Signed-off-by: Wei Tang <tang...@cmss.chinamobile.com> > > --- > > kernel/fork.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c > > index 2e391c7..30e04d2 100644 > > --- a/kernel/fork.c > > +++ b/kernel/fork.c > > @@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, > > struct task_struct *tsk) > > sig->real_timer.function = it_real_fn; > > > > task_lock(current->group_leader); > > - memcpy(sig->rlim, current->signal->rlim, sizeof sig->rlim); > > + memcpy(sig->rlim, current->signal->rlim, sizeof(sig->rlim)); > > task_unlock(current->group_leader); > > > > posix_cpu_timers_init_group(sig); > > So there's over 1,000 such occurances in the kernel and we do not need this > drip-drip churn... > > If anyone feels strongly about accepting such patches, then the right > solution is > to create a Coccinelle semantic patch to run over the whole kernel and get > over > with the churn once and for all.
That, or a single patch taking that piece of idiocy out of checkpatch.pl...
