linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/10] xtensa: Cocci spatch "noderef"

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Message-ID: <1379604755851-2004428468-2-diffsplit-thomas@m3y3r.de>
Date:	Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:42:22 +0200
From:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
To:	chris@...kel.net, jcmvbkbc@...il.com,
	linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/10] xtensa: Cocci spatch "noderef"

sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the
pointer.
Found by coccinelle spatch "misc/noderef.cocci"

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
---

diff -u -p a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ static int __init iss_net_setup(char *st
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if ((new = alloc_bootmem(sizeof new)) == NULL) {
+	if ((new = alloc_bootmem(sizeof *new)) == NULL) {
 		printk("Alloc_bootmem failed\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
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