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Re: [PATCH 2/4] ath10k: use sizeof(*var) in kmalloc

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On 12 August 2013 16:26, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> This fixes checkpatch warning from the latest
>> 3.11-rc kernel tree.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c |    3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
>> index d95439b..1814af1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
>> @@ -803,8 +803,7 @@ static int ath10k_pci_start_ce(struct ath10k *ar)
>>                       continue;
>>
>>               for (i = 0; i < completions; i++) {
>> -                     compl = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ath10k_pci_compl),
>> -                                     GFP_KERNEL);
>> +                     compl = kmalloc(sizeof(*compl), GFP_KERNEL);
>>                       if (!compl) {
>>                               ath10k_warn("No memory for completion state\n");
>>                               ath10k_pci_stop_ce(ar);
>
> Just out of curiosity, what's the warning? kmalloc() should be called
> with sizeof(*foo) style?

Checkpatch prints:

  CHECK: Prefer kmalloc(sizeof(*compl)...) over kmalloc(sizeof(struct
ath10k_pci_compl)...)


Pozdrawiam / Best regards,
Michał Kazior.
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