From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:10:32 +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/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c index 067396bedf22..2ab9df5a60bd 100644 --- a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c +++ b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static int hwicap_setup(struct device *dev, int id, devt = MKDEV(XHWICAP_MAJOR, XHWICAP_MINOR + id); - drvdata = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hwicap_drvdata), GFP_KERNEL); + drvdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL); if (!drvdata) { retval = -ENOMEM; goto failed0; -- 2.14.2 -- 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