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[PATCH 14/26] IB/ocrdma: Improve another size determination in ocrdma_add()

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First post2017-03-08 14:50 +0100
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  [PATCH 14/26] IB/ocrdma: Improve another size determination in  ocrdma_add() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-03-08 14:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 14/26] IB/ocrdma: Improve another size determination in  ocrdma_add() Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@oracle.com> - 2017-03-08 15:30 +0100

#1595186 — [PATCH 14/26] IB/ocrdma: Improve another size determination in ocrdma_add()

FromSF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date2017-03-08 14:50 +0100
Subject[PATCH 14/26] IB/ocrdma: Improve another size determination in ocrdma_add()
Message-ID<tiK8x-7gd-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 22:12:36 +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/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c
index 9caa4c564e34..c49b4491d4e7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static struct ocrdma_dev *ocrdma_add(struct be_dev_info *dev_info)
 	u8 lstate = 0;
 	struct ocrdma_dev *dev;
 
-	dev = (struct ocrdma_dev *)ib_alloc_device(sizeof(struct ocrdma_dev));
+	dev = (struct ocrdma_dev *)ib_alloc_device(sizeof(*dev));
 	if (!dev) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate ib device\n");
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.12.0

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#1595214

FromYuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@oracle.com>
Date2017-03-08 15:30 +0100
Message-ID<tiKLf-7L9-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1595186
On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 02:10:33PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 22:12:36 +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/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c
> index 9caa4c564e34..c49b4491d4e7 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c
> @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static struct ocrdma_dev *ocrdma_add(struct be_dev_info *dev_info)
>  	u8 lstate = 0;
>  	struct ocrdma_dev *dev;
>  
> -	dev = (struct ocrdma_dev *)ib_alloc_device(sizeof(struct ocrdma_dev));
> +	dev = (struct ocrdma_dev *)ib_alloc_device(sizeof(*dev));
>  	if (!dev) {
>  		pr_err("Unable to allocate ib device\n");
>  		return NULL;

Reviewed-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@oracle.com>

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