Use sizeof(variable) instead of sizeof(type) in memory allocations to prevent problems if the variable type changes in the future. Signed-off-by: Simon Sandström <simon@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c index 095b85567306..cc6d8778fe5b 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c @@ -419,8 +419,7 @@ static bool vnt_alloc_bufs(struct vnt_private *priv) int ii; for (ii = 0; ii < priv->num_tx_context; ii++) { - tx_context = kmalloc(sizeof(struct vnt_usb_send_context), - GFP_KERNEL); + tx_context = kmalloc(sizeof(*tx_context), GFP_KERNEL); if (!tx_context) goto free_tx; @@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ static bool vnt_alloc_bufs(struct vnt_private *priv) } for (ii = 0; ii < priv->num_rcb; ii++) { - priv->rcb[ii] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vnt_rcb), GFP_KERNEL); + priv->rcb[ii] = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv->rcb[ii]), GFP_KERNEL); if (!priv->rcb[ii]) { dev_err(&priv->usb->dev, "failed to allocate rcb no %d\n", ii); -- 2.11.0 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel