From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 20:15:46 +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> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index 36412deac24c..a75223572374 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static struct hist_field *create_hist_field(struct ftrace_event_field *field, if (field && is_function_field(field)) return NULL; - hist_field = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hist_field), GFP_KERNEL); + hist_field = kzalloc(sizeof(*hist_field), GFP_KERNEL); if (!hist_field) return NULL; -- 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