Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: break long lines in rtw_sta_mgt.c

["Ethan Tidmore" <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>]

On Thu Mar 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM CDT, MalavyaRaval wrote:
> The original patch attempted to use the preferred sizeof(*ptr) style,
> but since the target variable is a u8 pointer, this caused a buffer
> overflow. Reverting to sizeof(struct sta_info) ensures the correct
> allocation size while satisfying the line-splitting requirement.
>
> Signed-off-by: MalavyaRaval <malavyaraval@gmail.com>

You need to put FirstName LastName <email>.

...

> -	pstapriv->pallocated_stainfo_buf = vzalloc(sizeof(struct sta_info) * NUM_STA + 4);
> +	pstapriv->pallocated_stainfo_buf = vzalloc(sizeof(struct sta_info) *
> +						   NUM_STA + 4);

This just makes the code harder to read.

Thanks,

ET