From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:53:18 +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/sn/ioc3.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/sn/ioc3.c b/drivers/sn/ioc3.c index 2e6e0514d8f7..1cacc6178e6f 100644 --- a/drivers/sn/ioc3.c +++ b/drivers/sn/ioc3.c @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static int ioc3_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pci_id) #endif /* Set up per-IOC3 data */ - idd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ioc3_driver_data), GFP_KERNEL); + idd = kzalloc(sizeof(*idd), GFP_KERNEL); if (!idd) { ret = -ENODEV; goto out_idd; -- 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