[PATCH] Staging: rtl8192e: make sizeof type-independent

From: Felix Schlepper
Date: Tue Jun 21 2022 - 10:59:04 EST


Making sizeof operator type-independent.

Reported by checkpatch:

CHECK: Prefer kmalloc(sizeof(*txb)...) over
kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtllib_txb)...)

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Note: First patch, trying to follow kernelnewbies tutorial.

Signed-off-by: Felix Schlepper <f3sch.git@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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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;

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2.36.1