From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 20:52:57 +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. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/multipath.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c index bd53451..7fdabb1 100644 --- a/drivers/md/multipath.c +++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static int multipath_run (struct mddev *mddev) * should be freed in multipath_free()] */ - conf = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mpconf), GFP_KERNEL); + conf = kzalloc(sizeof(*conf), GFP_KERNEL); mddev->private = conf; if (!conf) { printk(KERN_ERR -- 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