From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 18:08:24 +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> --- net/sctp/protocol.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c index 64756c42cec9..057479b7bd72 100644 --- a/net/sctp/protocol.c +++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int sctp_inetaddr_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long ev, switch (ev) { case NETDEV_UP: - addr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sctp_sockaddr_entry), GFP_ATOMIC); + addr = kmalloc(sizeof(*addr), GFP_ATOMIC); if (addr) { addr->a.v4.sin_family = AF_INET; addr->a.v4.sin_port = 0; -- 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