From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 21:02:20 +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/soc/soc-pcm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c index fa2f7ccceacf..35b52cea5c89 100644 --- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c +++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c @@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ static int dpcm_be_connect(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *fe, return 0; } - dpcm = kzalloc(sizeof(struct snd_soc_dpcm), GFP_KERNEL); + dpcm = kzalloc(sizeof(*dpcm), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dpcm) 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