From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:18:59 +0100 Replace the specification of a data type 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/mtd/ftl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ftl.c b/drivers/mtd/ftl.c index 7af23110be6e..70d583aa44ad 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/ftl.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/ftl.c @@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ static void ftl_add_mtd(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr, struct mtd_info *mtd) { partition_t *partition; - partition = kzalloc(sizeof(partition_t), GFP_KERNEL); + partition = kzalloc(sizeof(*partition), GFP_KERNEL); if (!partition) return; -- 2.11.0 -- 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