Commit 99aded71b52cfdfa22721c42e42efdd13a02f0a6 ("Staging: drivers: rtl8188eu: use sizeof(*ptr) instead of sizeof(struct)") introduces an error in that the sizeof(struct hal_data_8188e) is 18712, while the sizeof(*adapt->HalData) is only 1! As a result, the system panics. Fixes: 99aded71b52cfdfa22721c42e42efdd13a02f0a6 ("Staging: drivers: rtl8188eu: use sizeof(*ptr) instead of sizeof(struct)") Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jacky Boen <aqiank@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c index 87ea3b8..363f3a3 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c @@ -2072,7 +2072,8 @@ void rtl8188eu_set_hal_ops(struct adapter *adapt) { struct hal_ops *halfunc = &adapt->HalFunc; - adapt->HalData = kzalloc(sizeof(*adapt->HalData), GFP_KERNEL); + + adapt->HalData = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hal_data_8188e), GFP_KERNEL); if (!adapt->HalData) DBG_88E("cant not alloc memory for HAL DATA\n"); -- 2.1.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel