Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 01 Jul 2015 13:54:29 +0200 | From | Clemens Ladisch <> | Subject | Re: RFC: kernel coding style: prefer array to &array[0] ? |
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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
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