Are “malloc(sizeof(struct a *))” and “malloc(sizeof(struct a))” the same?

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This question is a continuation of Malloc call crashing, but works elsewhere

I tried the following program and I found it working (i.e. not crashing - and this was m

Answer 1

No.

sizeof(struct a*) is the size of a pointer.
sizeof(struct a) is the size of the entire struct.