From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 21:45:32 +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/tty/serial/ucc_uart.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/ucc_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/ucc_uart.c index 48364f0eba72..a9ce652899aa 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/ucc_uart.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/ucc_uart.c @@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static int ucc_uart_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev) } } - qe_port = kzalloc(sizeof(struct uart_qe_port), GFP_KERNEL); + qe_port = kzalloc(sizeof(*qe_port), GFP_KERNEL); if (!qe_port) return -ENOMEM; -- 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