Joe Perches wrote: > It seems most in-kernel uses are 'array' rather than '&array[0]' > > Most of the time, using array is simpler to read than &array[0]. > > Exceptions exists when addresses for consecutive members are > used like func(&array[0], &array[1]);
I use '&array[0]' when I want to get a pointer to a single object that happens to be the first one in an array. > Should this preference be put into checkpatch and/or CodingStyle? How about the following low-hanging fruit? foo(..., &array[0], ARRAY_SIZE(array), ...) Regards, Clemens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
