Re: [PATCH] dma: mmp_pdma: fix a memory alloc error

[Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>]

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 08:05:13PM +0800, Xiang Wang wrote:
> From: Xiang Wang <wangx@marvell.com>
> 
> pdev->phy is of type "struct mmp_pdma_phy *". But when
> allocating memory for it, "struct mmp_pdma_chan" is used
> by mistake.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiang Wang <wangx@marvell.com>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c b/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c
> index c26699f..76a8dcf 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/mmp_pdma.c
> @@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static int mmp_pdma_probe(struct platform_device *op)
>  	}
>  
>  	pdev->phy = devm_kzalloc(pdev->dev,
> -		dma_channels * sizeof(struct mmp_pdma_chan), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		dma_channels * sizeof(struct mmp_pdma_phy), GFP_KERNEL);
why not sizeof(*pdev-phy), that way you dont make above error

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~Vinod