From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 20:33:37 +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/power/supply/pm2301_charger.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/pm2301_charger.c b/drivers/power/supply/pm2301_charger.c index 0a0c2da936cf..99a9892f0f68 100644 --- a/drivers/power/supply/pm2301_charger.c +++ b/drivers/power/supply/pm2301_charger.c @@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ static int pm2xxx_wall_charger_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c_client, return -EINVAL; } - pm2 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pm2xxx_charger), GFP_KERNEL); + pm2 = kzalloc(sizeof(*pm2), GFP_KERNEL); if (!pm2) 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