From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:48:25 +0100
Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
index e13aa6c74028..a4415616c03c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ xpnet_dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
* xpc_send_notifies are relying on this skb. When none
* remain, release the skb.
*/
- queued_msg = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xpnet_pending_msg), GFP_ATOMIC);
+ queued_msg = kmalloc(sizeof(*queued_msg), GFP_ATOMIC);
if (queued_msg == NULL) {
dev->stats.tx_errors++;
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
--
2.15.1
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