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SubjectRe: PATCH: fix 2 byte data leak due to padding
Previously Alan Cox wrote:
> sizeof(variable) can be suprising some times so I always use sizeof(type) out
> of habit. (Think sizeof(x) when X later becomes a pointer)

when X becomes a pointer and you use sizeof(type of what X points to)
you'll be in trouble anyway.

Wichert.

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