From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 10:22:37 +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> --- drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c index e8301c4e7d44..80bda5a655c0 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c @@ -1932,8 +1932,7 @@ static int sm501fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) int ret; /* allocate our framebuffers */ - - info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sm501fb_info), GFP_KERNEL); + info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL); if (!info) 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
