+ wusb-use-sizeof-struct-rather-than-pointer.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     wusb: use sizeof struct rather than pointer
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     wusb-use-sizeof-struct-rather-than-pointer.patch

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Subject: wusb: use sizeof struct rather than pointer
From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>

The sizeof the struct should be used rather than sizeof the pointer.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: make the code more consistent in this]
Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c~wusb-use-sizeof-struct-rather-than-pointer drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c
--- a/drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c~wusb-use-sizeof-struct-rather-than-pointer
+++ a/drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c
@@ -205,15 +205,15 @@ int wusb_dev_sec_add(struct wusbhc *wusb
 	const void *itr, *top;
 	char buf[64];
 
-	secd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct usb_security_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+	secd = kmalloc(sizeof(*secd), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (secd == NULL) {
 		result = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	result = usb_get_descriptor(usb_dev, USB_DT_SECURITY,
-				    0, secd, sizeof(struct usb_security_descriptor));
-	if (result < sizeof(secd)) {
+	result = usb_get_descriptor(usb_dev, USB_DT_SECURITY, 0, secd,
+					sizeof(*secd));
+	if (result < sizeof(*secd)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Can't read security descriptor or "
 			"not enough data: %d\n", result);
 		goto out;
_

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