From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 21:48:39 +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/hid/hid-ntrig.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-ntrig.c b/drivers/hid/hid-ntrig.c index 2a8dafaea2f0..c6878a6a147c 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-ntrig.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-ntrig.c @@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static int ntrig_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id) hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT | HID_QUIRK_NO_INIT_REPORTS; - nd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ntrig_data), GFP_KERNEL); + nd = kmalloc(sizeof(*nd), GFP_KERNEL); if (!nd) return -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