From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:24:08 +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/net/gtp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c index 5d0d520ae40f..f0c123101aa9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/gtp.c +++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ static int ipv4_pdp_add(struct net_device *dev, struct genl_info *info) } - pctx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct pdp_ctx), GFP_KERNEL); + pctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*pctx), GFP_KERNEL); if (pctx == NULL) return -ENOMEM; -- 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