From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:22:50 +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/ifx6x60.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c b/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c index 832751479f41..1883e3382338 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ static int ifx_spi_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi) } /* initialize structure to hold our device variables */ - ifx_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ifx_spi_device), GFP_KERNEL); + ifx_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ifx_dev), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ifx_dev) 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
