From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 17:30:10 +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/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c index 0087b49095eb..6802d74f162c 100644 --- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c +++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c @@ -1145,5 +1145,5 @@ struct hv_device *vmbus_device_create(const uuid_le *type, { struct hv_device *child_device_obj; - child_device_obj = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hv_device), GFP_KERNEL); + child_device_obj = kzalloc(sizeof(*child_device_obj), GFP_KERNEL); if (!child_device_obj) { -- 2.12.3 -- 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