From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 15:16:26 +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/acpi/acpi_video.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c index 8003c90..c9fbc6e 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c @@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_add(struct acpi_device *device) return -ENODEV; } - video = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_video_bus), GFP_KERNEL); + video = kzalloc(sizeof(*video), GFP_KERNEL); if (!video) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.10.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html