Using sizeof(*var) instead of sizeof(var_type) allows changing var_type w/o breaking callers that depend on the size. Signed-off-by: Imre Deak <imre.deak at intel.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c index 076c4a8..77f6577 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int drm_irq_by_busid(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, static void clear_vblank_timestamps(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc) { memset(&dev->_vblank_time[crtc * DRM_VBLANKTIME_RBSIZE], 0, - DRM_VBLANKTIME_RBSIZE * sizeof(struct timeval)); + DRM_VBLANKTIME_RBSIZE * sizeof(dev->_vblank_time[0])); } /* @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ int drm_vblank_init(struct drm_device *dev, int num_crtcs) goto err; dev->_vblank_time = kcalloc(num_crtcs * DRM_VBLANKTIME_RBSIZE, - sizeof(struct timeval), GFP_KERNEL); + sizeof(dev->_vblank_time[0]), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dev->_vblank_time) goto err; -- 1.7.9.5