linux-kernel - [PATCH] sound: line6: sizeof (byte) is always 1, use that fact.

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Message-ID: <20190724095254.GA6727@amd>
Date:   Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:52:54 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        allison@...utok.net, tglx@...utronix.de,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] sound: line6: sizeof (byte) is always 1, use that fact.


sizeof (byte) is always 1, use that fact and make interesting code explicit.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>

diff --git a/sound/usb/line6/driver.c b/sound/usb/line6/driver.c
index ab2ec89..387c5c2 100644
--- a/sound/usb/line6/driver.c
+++ b/sound/usb/line6/driver.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ int line6_read_data(struct usb_line6 *line6, unsigned address, void *data,
 	if (address > 0xffff || datalen > 0xff)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	len = kmalloc(sizeof(*len), GFP_KERNEL);
+	len = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!len)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -418,7 +421,7 @@ int line6_write_data(struct usb_line6 *line6, unsigned address, void *data,
 	if (address > 0xffff || datalen > 0xffff)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	status = kmalloc(sizeof(*status), GFP_KERNEL);
+	status = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!status)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

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