From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 21:06:46 +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/soc/ti/knav_dma.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c index a66671a93199..410018d9054e 100644 --- a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c +++ b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c @@ -739,8 +739,7 @@ static int knav_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -EINVAL; } - kdev = devm_kzalloc(dev, - sizeof(struct knav_dma_pool_device), GFP_KERNEL); + kdev = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*kdev), GFP_KERNEL); if (!kdev) { dev_err(dev, "could not allocate driver mem\n"); 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