From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 17:50:04 +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 9685725..4cd693e 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c @@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ acpi_video_bus_get_one_device(struct acpi_device *device, if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) return 0; - data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_video_device), GFP_KERNEL); + data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL); if (!data) 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