linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: mfd: sec-code: Fix sizeof argument

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Date:	Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:36 +0300
From:	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...n.nu>
To:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	sbkim73@...sung.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: mfd: sec-code: Fix sizeof argument

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> Hi Leon,
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 01:53:56PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...n.nu>
>> ---
>>  drivers/mfd/sec-core.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/sec-core.c b/drivers/mfd/sec-core.c
>> index 77ee26ef..5b740a3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mfd/sec-core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mfd/sec-core.c
>> @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static struct sec_platform_data *sec_pmic_i2c_parse_dt_pdata(
>>  {
>>       struct sec_platform_data *pd;
>>
>> -     pd = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pd), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +     pd = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct sec_platform_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> How is that fixing anything ?
Technically you are right, this fix brings code to be align to common
code convention and allows to automatic tools  correctly parse it.

>
> Cheers,
> Samuel.
>
> --
> Intel Open Source Technology Centre
> http://oss.intel.com/



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