From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 06:42:33 +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/net/usb/usbnet.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c index 802ba68d37d1..b73c2a40501c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c @@ -2129,6 +2129,6 @@ int usbnet_write_cmd_async(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype, } - req = kmalloc(sizeof(struct usb_ctrlrequest), GFP_ATOMIC); + req = kmalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!req) goto fail_free_buf; -- 2.13.0 -- 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