Re: [PATCH v2] maple_tree: Use correct variable type in sizeof

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:49:56 +0800 Peng Zhang <zhangpeng.00@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 在 2023/4/11 11:42, Matthew Wilcox 写道:
> > On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 08:29:35PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >> On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:35:13 +0800 Peng Zhang <zhangpeng.00@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The type of variable pointed to by pivs is unsigned long, but the type
> >>> used in sizeof is a pointer type. Change it to unsigned long.
> >> Thanks, but there's nothing in this changelog which explains why a
> >> -stable backport is being proposed.  When fixing a bug, please always
> >> describe the user-visible effects of that bug.
> > There is no user-visible effect of this bug as the assembly code
> > generated will be identical.
> 
> Therefore, if this has always been the case, cc stable
> is also unnecessary.

I removed the cc:stable, added

	This change has no runtime effect, as sizeof(ul) == sizeof(ul *).

and staged the patch for next merge window, thanks.