linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] powernv/pci: Improve a size determination in pnv_pci_init_ioda

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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:21:51 +1100
From:   Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Alistair Popple <alistair@...ple.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>,
        Gavin Shan <gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] powernv/pci: Improve a size determination in
 pnv_pci_init_ioda_phb()

On 18/10/17 02:40, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:18:10 +0200
> 
> Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
> determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
> index 98d9435240f4..2febdf06a237 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
> @@ -3802,7 +3802,7 @@ static void __init pnv_pci_init_ioda_phb(struct device_node *np,
>  	phb_id = be64_to_cpup(prop64);
>  	pr_debug("  PHB-ID  : 0x%016llx\n", phb_id);
>  
> -	phb = memblock_virt_alloc(sizeof(struct pnv_phb), 0);
> +	phb = memblock_virt_alloc(sizeof(*phb), 0);
>  
>  	/* Allocate PCI controller */
>  	phb->hose = hose = pcibios_alloc_controller(np);
> 

Reviewed-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>



-- 
Alexey