Making sizeof operator type-independent. Reported by checkpatch: CHECK: Prefer kmalloc(sizeof(*txb)...) over kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtllib_txb)...) --- Note: First patch, trying to follow kernelnewbies tutorial. Signed-off-by: Felix Schlepper <f3sch.git@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c index 37715afb0210..01e163e61f0e 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c @@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ static struct rtllib_txb *rtllib_alloc_txb(int nr_frags, int txb_size, struct rtllib_txb *txb; int i; - txb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtllib_txb) + (sizeof(u8 *) * nr_frags), - gfp_mask); + txb = kmalloc(sizeof(*txb) + (sizeof(u8 *) * nr_frags), gfp_mask); if (!txb) return NULL; -- 2.36.1