Use ``sizeof`` consistently through all the examples in the following
way:
- Use the name of the variable instead of its type as argument for
``sizeof``.
Rationale:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.8/process/coding-style.html#allocating-memory
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
/* Map the object into the caller\(aqs address space */
- struct shmbuf *shmp = mmap(NULL, sizeof(struct shmbuf),
+ struct shmbuf *shmp = mmap(NULL, sizeof(*shmp),
PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
if (shmp == MAP_FAILED)
if (fd == \-1)
errExit("shm_open");
- struct shmbuf *shmp = mmap(NULL, sizeof(struct shmbuf),
+ struct shmbuf *shmp = mmap(NULL, sizeof(*shmp),
PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
if (shmp == MAP_FAILED)