linux-kernel - [PATCH] bio: sizeof pointer instead of size of the pointed-to type?

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:00:46 +0200
From:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	jens.axboe@...cle.com
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] bio: sizeof pointer instead of size of the pointed-to type?

Do not take the size of a pointer to determine the size of the pointed-to type

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
This is not yet tested. Is it correct?

diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 7673800..e65c35d 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *bio_find_or_create_slab(unsigned int extra_size)
 	if (bio_slab_nr == bio_slab_max && entry == -1) {
 		bio_slab_max <<= 1;
 		bio_slabs = krealloc(bio_slabs,
-				     bio_slab_max * sizeof(struct bio_slab),
+				     bio_slab_max * sizeof(struct bio_slab *),
 				     GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bio_slabs)
 			goto out_unlock;
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