netdev - Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: Fix allocation size

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:21:41 +0300
From:   "Alexey V. Vissarionov" <gremlin@...linux.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Alexey V. Vissarionov" <gremlin@...linux.org>,
        Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
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        Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com>,
        Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>,
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        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@...adcom.com>,
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        lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: Fix allocation size

On 2023-01-17 13:05:24 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:

 >> - buf_size += (max_idx + 1) * sizeof(pkt);
 >> + buf_size += (max_idx + 1) * sizeof(struct sk_buff);
 > Wouldn't sizeof(*pkt) be better?

Usually sizeof(type) produces less errors than sizeof(var)...

 > Just like with sizeof(*rfi) few lines above.

... but to keep consistency sizeof(*pkt) would also be ok.


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