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* [PATCH] staging: mt7621-dma: sizeof via pointer dereference
@ 2019-05-30 23:53 Benjamin Sherman
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Benjamin Sherman @ 2019-05-30 23:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg Kroah-Hartman
  Cc: Matthias Brugger, devel, linux-arm-kernel, linux-mediatek, linux-kernel

Pass the size of a struct into kzalloc by pointer dereference.  This
complies with the Linux kernel coding style and removes the possibility
for a bug if the pointer's type is changed.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Sherman <benjamin@bensherman.io>
---
 drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c
index a58725dd2611..60db06768c8a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *mtk_hsdma_prep_dma_memcpy(
 	if (len <= 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	desc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mtk_hsdma_desc), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	desc = kzalloc(sizeof(*desc), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!desc) {
 		dev_err(c->device->dev, "alloc memcpy decs error\n");
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.21.0


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* Re: [PATCH] staging: mt7621-dma: sizeof via pointer dereference
  2019-05-30 21:41 Benjamin Sherman
@ 2019-05-30 21:57 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2019-05-30 21:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Benjamin Sherman; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 09:41:43PM +0000, Benjamin Sherman wrote:
> Pass the size of a struct into kzalloc by pointer dereference.  This
> complies with the Linux kernel coding style and removes the possibility
> for a bug when the pointer's type is changed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Sherman <benjamin@bensherman.io>
> ---
> This is my first patch, so please forgive any seemingly obvious
> mistakes.  I apologize if this is the incorrect mailing list.
> ---
>  drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Can you resend and properly cc: the needed developers and mailing list
that scripts/get_maintainer.pl says to cc:?

thanks,

greg k-h

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* [PATCH] staging: mt7621-dma: sizeof via pointer dereference
@ 2019-05-30 21:41 Benjamin Sherman
  2019-05-30 21:57 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Benjamin Sherman @ 2019-05-30 21:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg Kroah-Hartman, linux-kernel

Pass the size of a struct into kzalloc by pointer dereference.  This
complies with the Linux kernel coding style and removes the possibility
for a bug when the pointer's type is changed.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Sherman <benjamin@bensherman.io>
---
This is my first patch, so please forgive any seemingly obvious
mistakes.  I apologize if this is the incorrect mailing list.
---
 drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c
index a58725dd2611..60db06768c8a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *mtk_hsdma_prep_dma_memcpy(
 	if (len <= 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	desc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mtk_hsdma_desc), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	desc = kzalloc(sizeof(*desc), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!desc) {
 		dev_err(c->device->dev, "alloc memcpy decs error\n");
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.21.0


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