Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PATCH: fix 2 byte data leak due to padding | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 28 Jul 2003 12:32:50 +0100 |
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On Llu, 2003-07-28 at 04:49, Lou Langholtz wrote: > >+ memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(struct __old_kernel_stat)); > > > Wouldn't it be more clear (better) to use sizeof(tmp) here rather than > sizeof(struct _old_kernel_stat)?
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)
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