From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:49:22 +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.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/dvb-frontends/ds3000.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/ds3000.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/ds3000.c
index c2959a9695a7..988a464de3e9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/ds3000.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/ds3000.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ struct dvb_frontend *ds3000_attach(const struct ds3000_config *config,
dprintk("%s\n", __func__);
/* allocate memory for the internal state */
- state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ds3000_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+ state = kzalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!state)
goto error2;
--
2.14.1
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