Re: [patch] block, sx8: fix pointer math issue getting fw version

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Sat Mar 03 2012 - 02:00:33 EST


On 2012-03-03 07:58, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 2012-03-02 20:00, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> "mem" is type u8. We need parenthesis here or it screws up the pointer
>> math probably leading to an oops.
>
> Applied, thanks Dan. I have marked it stable, too.

Hmm wait Dan, seems to me that u8 pointer math should be equiv to char *
pointer math and hence it'd work just fine. Are you sure this is a bug?

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Jens Axboe

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