From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 22:35:06 +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/raid5.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c index 9a43006..562138f 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c @@ -6481,7 +6481,7 @@ static struct r5conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev) return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); } - conf = kzalloc(sizeof(struct r5conf), GFP_KERNEL); + conf = kzalloc(sizeof(*conf), GFP_KERNEL); if (conf == NULL) goto abort; /* Don't enable multi-threading by default*/ -- 2.10.1 -- 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