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
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