On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Joachim Schmitz <jojo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Matthew Daley wrote: >> >> Currently it gets the size of an otherwise unrelated, unused variable >> instead of the expected struct size. >> >> Signed-off-by: Matthew Daley <mattjd@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> builtin/pack-redundant.c | 6 +++--- >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/builtin/pack-redundant.c b/builtin/pack-redundant.c >> index f5c6afc..7544687 100644 >> --- a/builtin/pack-redundant.c >> +++ b/builtin/pack-redundant.c >> @@ -301,14 +301,14 @@ static void pll_free(struct pll *l) >> */ >> static struct pll * get_permutations(struct pack_list *list, int n) >> { >> - struct pll *subset, *ret = NULL, *new_pll = NULL, *pll; >> + struct pll *subset, *ret = NULL, *new_pll = NULL; >> >> if (list == NULL || pack_list_size(list) < n || n == 0) >> return NULL; >> >> if (n == 1) { >> while (list) { >> - new_pll = xmalloc(sizeof(pll)); >> + new_pll = xmalloc(sizeof(struct pll)); >> new_pll->pl = NULL; >> pack_list_insert(&new_pll->pl, list); >> new_pll->next = ret; >> @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static struct pll * get_permutations(struct >> pack_list *list, int n) while (list->next) { >> subset = get_permutations(list->next, n - 1); >> while (subset) { >> - new_pll = xmalloc(sizeof(pll)); >> + new_pll = xmalloc(sizeof(struct pll)); > > > Why not just > new_pll = xmalloc(sizeof(*new_pll)); I prefer that one; it's Linux kernel style. -- Felipe Contreras -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html