From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:43:16 +0100 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. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/keyboard/matrix_keypad.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/matrix_keypad.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/matrix_keypad.c index 90238201a9cc..16206a8a5f07 100644 --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/matrix_keypad.c +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/matrix_keypad.c @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static int matrix_keypad_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -EINVAL; } - keypad = kzalloc(sizeof(struct matrix_keypad), GFP_KERNEL); + keypad = kzalloc(sizeof(*keypad), GFP_KERNEL); input_dev = input_allocate_device(); if (!keypad || !input_dev) { err = -ENOMEM; -- 2.16.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html