From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 21:56:07 +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/pci/mantis/mantis_cards.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/mantis/mantis_cards.c b/drivers/media/pci/mantis/mantis_cards.c index 56a01f6f84c7..6182ae44dd23 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/mantis/mantis_cards.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/mantis/mantis_cards.c @@ -173,5 +173,5 @@ static int mantis_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct mantis_hwconfig *config; int err = 0; - mantis = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mantis_pci), GFP_KERNEL); + mantis = kzalloc(sizeof(*mantis), GFP_KERNEL); if (!mantis) -- 2.14.1 -- 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