From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 22:12:36 +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/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c index 9caa4c564e34..c49b4491d4e7 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static struct ocrdma_dev *ocrdma_add(struct be_dev_info *dev_info) u8 lstate = 0; struct ocrdma_dev *dev; - dev = (struct ocrdma_dev *)ib_alloc_device(sizeof(struct ocrdma_dev)); + dev = (struct ocrdma_dev *)ib_alloc_device(sizeof(*dev)); if (!dev) { pr_err("Unable to allocate ib device\n"); return NULL; -- 2.12.0 -- 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