From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755391Ab1HYTPQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:15:16 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:40518 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755331Ab1HYTPO (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:15:14 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:15:01 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: "Maxin B. John" Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH]arm: nwfpe: '&pointer[0]' to 'pointer' fix Message-ID: <20110825191501.GA4488@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20110825191143.GA3149@maxin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110825191143.GA3149@maxin> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:11:43PM +0300, Maxin B. John wrote: > '&pointer[0]' to 'pointer' fix in arch/arm/nwfpe/fpa11_cpdt.c Your reason being? > #ifdef __ARMEB__ > - get_user(p[0], &pMem[0]); /* sign & exponent */ > + get_user(p[0], pMem); /* sign & exponent */ > get_user(p[1], &pMem[1]); You may notice the original code has some consistency. Your replacement is less consistent. If you wish to make this change, it should change to: get_user(p[0], pMem + 0); get_user(p[1], pMem + 1); to maintain consistency.