Re: checkpatch bug: space between left parenthesis and asterisk

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Zach Brown wrote:
Timur Tabi wrote:
I'm running checkpatch.pl (dated 10/17), and it complains about this line:

crc = __be32_to_cpu(* ((__be32 *) ((void *) firmware + calc_size)));

Well, that is a bit of a stinker.  Maybe it could be reworked a little
to make it easier for humans and checkpatch to understand?

  __be32 *crazy_pointer = (void *)firmware + calc_size;
  crc = be32_to_cpu(*crazy_pointer);

I admit the code might be convoluted, but it's perfectly valid, and it eliminates the need for "crazy_pointer". I'm much more inclined to ignore
the checkpatch error than to redesign my code.

Besides, your argument is a bit of a strawman.  The real problem is with checkpatch.

(Does this need to worry about get_unaligned() at all?)

Well, I suppose it's technically possible, but only if my data has been corrupted.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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