From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 08:48:29 +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> --- fs/dlm/lock.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c index fd6fe55bedae..ffadb817ad39 100644 --- a/fs/dlm/lock.c +++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c @@ -5119,7 +5119,7 @@ void dlm_recover_waiters_pre(struct dlm_ls *ls) int wait_type, stub_unlock_result, stub_cancel_result; int dir_nodeid; - ms_stub = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dlm_message), GFP_KERNEL); + ms_stub = kmalloc(sizeof(*ms_stub), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ms_stub) { log_error(ls, "dlm_recover_waiters_pre no mem"); return; -- 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