linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] [PATCH 2/2] staging:glib:hp_82335: Refactor kzalloc size calculation to use pointer dereference

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Message-ID: <b3358e0d2c50a7d0777dd11d6e34ed9a52c00377.1739794938.git.kumarkairiravi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:26:17 +0530
From: Ravi Kumar kairi <kumarkairiravi@...il.com>
To: dpenkler@...il.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk,
	broonie@...nel.org
Cc: arnd@...db.de,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ravi Kumar Kairi <kumarkairiravi@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [PATCH 2/2] staging:glib:hp_82335: Refactor kzalloc size calculation to use pointer dereference

From: Ravi Kumar Kairi <kumarkairiravi@...il.com>

Replaced sizeof(struct hp82335_priv) with sizeof(*board->private_data)
*as checkpatch* suggested.

Signed-off-by: Ravi Kumar Kairi <kumarkairiravi@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/gpib/hp_82335/hp82335.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/hp_82335/hp82335.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/hp_82335/hp82335.c
index f1c2045570..66557d6964 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gpib/hp_82335/hp82335.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/hp_82335/hp82335.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static gpib_interface_t hp82335_interface = {
 
 static int hp82335_allocate_private(gpib_board_t *board)
 {
-	board->private_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hp82335_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	board->private_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*board->private_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!board->private_data)
 		return -1;
 	return 0;
-- 
2.48.1