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Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 14:55:14 +0200
From: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
To: Erick Archer <erick.archer@...look.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, Dmitry Antipov
<dmantipov@...dex.ru>, Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski@...il.com>,
Artem Chernyshev <artem.chernyshev@...-soft.ru>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, brcm80211@...ts.linux.dev,
brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcm80211: use sizeof(*pointer) instead of
sizeof(type)
On 5/26/2024 5:53 PM, Erick Archer wrote:
> It is preferred to use sizeof(*pointer) instead of sizeof(type)
> due to the type of the variable can change and one needs not
> change the former (unlike the latter). This patch has no effect
> on runtime behavior.
Thanks. A bit long list, but mostly trivial. Just a few remarks...
Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@...look.com>
> ---
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/bcmsdh.c | 4 ++--
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/btcoex.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/aiutils.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/ampdu.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/antsel.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/channel.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c | 23 +++++++++----------
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_cmn.c | 4 ++--
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_lcn.c | 2 +-
> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy_shim.c | 2 +-
> 14 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_lcn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_lcn.c
> index aae2cf95fe95..8696061bf2dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_lcn.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_lcn.c
> @@ -4968,7 +4968,7 @@ bool wlc_phy_attach_lcnphy(struct brcms_phy *pi)
> {
> struct brcms_phy_lcnphy *pi_lcn;
>
> - pi->u.pi_lcnphy = kzalloc(sizeof(struct brcms_phy_lcnphy), GFP_ATOMIC);
> + pi->u.pi_lcnphy = kzalloc(sizeof(*pi->u.pi_lcnphy), GFP_ATOMIC);
Better use pi_lcn here and assign it to pi->u.pi_lcnphy after the
if-statement.
> if (pi->u.pi_lcnphy == NULL)
> return false;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy_shim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy_shim.c
> index b72381791536..4b916f3a087b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy_shim.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy_shim.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct phy_shim_info *wlc_phy_shim_attach(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw,
> struct brcms_c_info *wlc) {
> struct phy_shim_info *physhim = NULL;
While at it please remove the redundant NULL initialization.
> - physhim = kzalloc(sizeof(struct phy_shim_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
> + physhim = kzalloc(sizeof(*physhim), GFP_ATOMIC);
> if (!physhim)
> return NULL;
>
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