sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives
the size of the pointer.
The semantic patch that makes this change is available
in scripts/coccinelle/misc/noderef.cocci.
Signed-off-by: Madhusudhanan Ravindran <mravindr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
index e8aae09..8ae0175 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ static int xlr_net_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
* Allocate our adapter data structure and attach it to the device.
*/
adapter = (struct xlr_adapter *)
- devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(adapter), GFP_KERNEL);
+ devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*adapter), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!adapter) {
err = -ENOMEM;
return err;
--
1.7.9.5
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