From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 17:53:19 +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/amba-clcd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/amba-clcd.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/amba-clcd.c index 79f5ebf23fcd..38c1f324ce15 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/amba-clcd.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/amba-clcd.c @@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ static int clcdfb_probe(struct amba_device *dev, const struct amba_id *id) goto out; } - fb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct clcd_fb), GFP_KERNEL); + fb = kzalloc(sizeof(*fb), GFP_KERNEL); if (!fb) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto free_region; -- 2.15.1 -- 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