From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 22:05:57 +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> --- kernel/locking/lockdep_proc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep_proc.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep_proc.c index 2cc0ccd2b3de..509a17f5ea01 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep_proc.c +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep_proc.c @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int lock_stat_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { int res; struct lock_class *class; - struct lock_stat_seq *data = vmalloc(sizeof(struct lock_stat_seq)); + struct lock_stat_seq *data = vmalloc(sizeof(*data)); if (!data) 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