On Thu, 11 May 2017 18:15:46 +0200
SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 17:30:10 +0200
>
> Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
> determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> index 0087b49095eb..6802d74f162c 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> @@ -1145,5 +1145,5 @@ struct hv_device *vmbus_device_create(const uuid_le *type,
> {
> struct hv_device *child_device_obj;
>
> - child_device_obj = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hv_device), GFP_KERNEL);
> + child_device_obj = kzalloc(sizeof(*child_device_obj), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!child_device_obj) {
This looks fine.
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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