From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 08:55:42 +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 according to the Linux coding style convention. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c index e35c4d0b112a..8f1fec2986f9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c @@ -6487,8 +6487,7 @@ static int mvpp2_port_probe(struct platform_device *pdev, int phy_mode; int err, i, cpu; - dev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(struct mvpp2_port), txq_number, - rxq_number); + dev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(*port), txq_number, rxq_number); if (!dev) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.12.2 -- 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