From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 18:00:13 +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/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c index d5b2732b1b81..033f2c26f2ad 100644 --- a/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c +++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c @@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ int __init oprofile_perf_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops) goto out; } - counter_config = kcalloc(num_counters, - sizeof(struct op_counter_config), GFP_KERNEL); - + counter_config = kcalloc(num_counters, sizeof(*counter_config), + GFP_KERNEL); if (!counter_config) { -- 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