linux-kernel - pmcraid_chr_ioctl uses incorrect argument order to kmalloc()

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Date:	Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:10:26 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	anil_ravindranath@...-sierra.com
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: pmcraid_chr_ioctl uses incorrect argument order to kmalloc()

Size is 1st arg, not second.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
index d079f9a..da19bdf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
@@ -4103,7 +4103,7 @@ static long pmcraid_chr_ioctl(
 	struct pmcraid_ioctl_header *hdr = NULL;
 	int retval = -ENOTTY;
 
-	hdr = kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL, sizeof(struct pmcraid_ioctl_header));
+	hdr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct pmcraid_ioctl_header), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!hdr) {
 		pmcraid_err("faile to allocate memory for ioctl header\n");
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