linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging:nvec:nvec_ps2.c: Preferingkzalloc(sizeof(*ser_dev)...) over kzalloc(sizeof(struct serio)...)

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:06:56 +0100
From:   Marc Dietrich <marvin24@....de>
To:     Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging:nvec:nvec_ps2.c: Preferingkzalloc(sizeof(*ser_dev)...) over kzalloc(sizeof(struct serio)...)

Am Dienstag, 14. Februar 2017, 22:31:20 CET schrieb Arushi Singhal:
> Prefer kzalloc(sizeof(*ser_dev)...) over kzalloc(sizeof(struct
> serio)...) as reported by checkpatch.pl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>

looks like we are in a (make everyone) happy week.

Acked-by: Marc Dietrich <marvin24@....de>


> ---
>  drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c
> b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c index 499952c8ef39..3b7bce3ffd19 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_ps2.c
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int nvec_mouse_probe(struct platform_device
> *pdev) struct nvec_chip *nvec = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
>  	struct serio *ser_dev;
> 
> -	ser_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct serio), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	ser_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ser_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!ser_dev)
>  		return -ENOMEM;


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