On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 09:30:56AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Thu, 11 May 2017 18:15:46 +0200 > SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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) { > > This looks fine. > > Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Note, I have a blacklist filter for this person for a reason, I, and many other maintainers, just ignore them for good reason... greg k-h -- 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