From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 14:02:02 +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/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c index a834d01..a4b108a 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static int fw_cfg_build_symlink(struct kset *dir, dir = to_kset(ko); } else { /* create new subdirectory kset */ - subdir = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kset), GFP_KERNEL); + subdir = kzalloc(sizeof(*subdir), GFP_KERNEL); if (!subdir) { ret = -ENOMEM; break; -- 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