Re: [PATCH 2/10] xtensa: Cocci spatch "noderef"

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 23:42 +0200, Thomas Meyer wrote:
> sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the
> pointer.

Hi Thomas, thanks for doing the series...

> diff -u -p a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
[]
> @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ static int __init iss_net_setup(char *st
>  		return 1;
>  	}
>  
> -	if ((new = alloc_bootmem(sizeof new)) == NULL) {
> +	if ((new = alloc_bootmem(sizeof *new)) == NULL) {

sizeof(*new)

Please run coccinelle generated patches through checkpatch
(and the compiler of course) before submitting them.


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