From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 18:34:04 +0100 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> --- sound/mips/hal2.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/mips/hal2.c b/sound/mips/hal2.c index 30563d9aa5c8..675c3aba794e 100644 --- a/sound/mips/hal2.c +++ b/sound/mips/hal2.c @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static int hal2_create(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_hal2 **rchip) struct hpc3_regs *hpc3 = hpc3c0; int err; - hal2 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct snd_hal2), GFP_KERNEL); + hal2 = kzalloc(sizeof(*hal2), GFP_KERNEL); if (!hal2) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.15.0 -- 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