Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6655: fix potential memory conruption bug

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Sep 09 2022 - 02:06:54 EST


A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 08:01:29AM +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Just out of curiosity, how can we be sure that sizeof(unsigned int)
> is never 8 bytes? The C standard doesn't say anything about this, as
> far as I know.

Do you know of a Linux architecture that this is true?

Linux has a few more requirements than C does (i.e. an unsigned long has
to hold a pointer) so don't go by the C requirements please.

thanks,

greg k-h