Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Bartosz Golaszewski <> | Subject | [PATCH 09/12] samples: configfs: prefer sizeof(*var) to sizeof(struct var_type) | Date | Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:45:23 +0200 |
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From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
It's better to use the size of the actual variable than its type when allocating memory. This also has the benefit of avoiding a line break here.
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com> --- samples/configfs/configfs_sample.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/samples/configfs/configfs_sample.c b/samples/configfs/configfs_sample.c index 20bf3b3e0f0f..220aee7075b6 100644 --- a/samples/configfs/configfs_sample.c +++ b/samples/configfs/configfs_sample.c @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static struct config_item *simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, { struct simple_child *simple_child; - simple_child = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_child), GFP_KERNEL); + simple_child = kzalloc(sizeof(*simple_child), GFP_KERNEL); if (!simple_child) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); @@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group, const char *name) { struct simple_children *simple_children; - simple_children = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_children), - GFP_KERNEL); + simple_children = kzalloc(sizeof(*simple_children), GFP_KERNEL); if (!simple_children) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); -- 2.17.1
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