From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:30:06 +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/aty/radeon_backlight.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c index ce5b22d710b3..78c36c8d5e57 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void radeonfb_bl_init(struct radeonfb_info *rinfo) return; #endif - pdata = kmalloc(sizeof(struct radeon_bl_privdata), GFP_KERNEL); + pdata = kmalloc(sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL); if (!pdata) goto error; -- 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
