linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] UML - fix allocation size

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Date:	Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:53:25 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	akpm@...l.org
cc:	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] UML - fix allocation size

Fix an instance of ptr=alloc(sizeof(ptr)).  Grepping showed no more instances
of this pattern.

Also fixed the formatting in the area.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>

Index: linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-mm.orig/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c	2006-09-12 16:31:36.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c	2006-09-22 10:17:11.000000000 -0400
@@ -560,12 +560,13 @@ static int eth_setup(char *str)
 	int n, err;
 
 	err = eth_parse(str, &n, &str);
-	if(err) return(1);
+	if(err)
+		return 1;
 
-	new = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(new));
+	new = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(*new));
 	if (new == NULL){
 		printk("eth_init : alloc_bootmem failed\n");
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->list);
@@ -573,7 +574,7 @@ static int eth_setup(char *str)
 	new->init = str;
 
 	list_add_tail(&new->list, &eth_cmd_line);
-	return(1);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 __setup("eth", eth_setup);

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