From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 15:43:54 +0100 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/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c index b78f17623121..f3194f2a6e62 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c @@ -2825,9 +2825,8 @@ static void *mlx4_ib_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev) } if (mlx4_is_bonded(dev)) for (i = 1; i < ibdev->num_ports ; ++i) { - new_counter_index = - kmalloc(sizeof(struct counter_index), - GFP_KERNEL); + new_counter_index = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_counter_index), + GFP_KERNEL); if (!new_counter_index) goto err_counter; new_counter_index->index = counter_index; -- 2.11.1 -- 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