linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: gpib: switch to kmalloc(sizeof(*status))

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Message-ID: <aCdY-OgvoTUjcIeF@andreas-VirtualBox>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 17:25:44 +0200
From: Andreas Kleinbichler <andi.kleinbichler@...il.com>
To: Dave Penkler <dpenkler@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: gpib: switch to kmalloc(sizeof(*status))

Fix checkpatch warning:

Prefer kmalloc(sizeof(*status)...) over
kmalloc(sizeof(struct gpib_status_byte)...)

Signed-off-by: Andreas Kleinbichler <andi.kleinbichler@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/gpib/common/gpib_os.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/common/gpib_os.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/common/gpib_os.c
index d87025aadccc..0678829ad14f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gpib/common/gpib_os.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/common/gpib_os.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int push_status_byte(struct gpib_board *board, struct gpib_status_queue *device,
 			return retval;
 	}
 
-	status = kmalloc(sizeof(struct gpib_status_byte), GFP_KERNEL);
+	status = kmalloc(sizeof(*status), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!status)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
2.43.0