Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: fix type mismacth

From: Michael Straube
Date: Sun Sep 05 2021 - 17:40:55 EST


Hi Pavel,

On 9/5/21 22:52, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
index fee4208dacba..afe6c7fa594d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ u8 rtw_setassocsta_cmd(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *mac_addr)
goto exit;
}
- psetassocsta_rsp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct set_assocsta_rsp), GFP_ATOMIC);
+ psetassocsta_rsp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct set_stakey_rsp), GFP_ATOMIC);

this should be

psetassocsta_rsp = kzalloc(sizeof(*psetassocsta_rsp), GFP_ATOMIC);


This way you get always the correct size, no matter what's the type of
psetassocsta_rsp. Checkpatch suggests this too. ;)

Best regards,
Michael