From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 08:28:05 +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/dma/ste_dma40.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c index 220129e..57d87a8 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c +++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c @@ -3487,9 +3487,7 @@ static int __init d40_of_probe(struct platform_device *pdev, int num_phy = 0, num_memcpy = 0, num_disabled = 0; const __be32 *list; - pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, - sizeof(struct stedma40_platform_data), - GFP_KERNEL); + pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL); if (!pdata) 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