From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 17:45:40 +0200 Replace the specification of a data structure by a reference for a local variable 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 231fab3..9685725 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c @@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ static void acpi_video_dev_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device) pci_dev_put(pdev); } - memset(&props, 0, sizeof(struct backlight_properties)); + memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props)); props.type = BACKLIGHT_FIRMWARE; props.max_brightness = device->brightness->count - 3; device->backlight = backlight_device_register(name, -- 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