Re: [PATCH] Use NULL instead of integer 0 in security/selinux/

From: Miles Bader
Date: Wed Jul 07 2004 - 22:44:27 EST


"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> What's wrong with using 0 as the NULL pointer? In contexts where
>> a plain 0 is unsafe, NULL is usually unsafe as well.
>
> It's a general sparse cleanup people are doing across the entire tree.
> It's the "proper" way to do pointer comparisons post-K&R.

But 0 in such a context isn't an integer, it's a pointer...

If sparse really warns about such things, the warning seems wrong.

-Miles
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