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[04/29] IB/mlx4: Improve another size determination in alloc_pv_object()

Message ID 398511b4-2e62-ee7e-69b7-f9a83922332b@users.sourceforge.net (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested
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SF Markus Elfring Feb. 18, 2017, 8:51 p.m. UTC
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 20:20:43 +0100

Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Majd Dibbiny Feb. 19, 2017, 5:06 p.m. UTC | #1
> On Feb 18, 2017, at 10:52 PM, SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 20:20:43 +0100
> 
> Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
> determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
> index 284634d36b1c..ea4892b0f39e 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
> @@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ static int alloc_pv_object(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev, int slave, int port,
>    struct mlx4_ib_demux_pv_ctx *ctx;
> 
>    *ret_ctx = NULL;
> -    ctx = kzalloc(sizeof (struct mlx4_ib_demux_pv_ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
> +    ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
>    if (!ctx)
>        return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -- 
> 2.11.1
> 
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Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Majd Dibbiny
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diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
index 284634d36b1c..ea4892b0f39e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@  static int alloc_pv_object(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev, int slave, int port,
 	struct mlx4_ib_demux_pv_ctx *ctx;
 
 	*ret_ctx = NULL;
-	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof (struct mlx4_ib_demux_pv_ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;