From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 22:13:53 +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/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c index 729144925880..40b7a1b9a019 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c @@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ static int __init tpacpi_new_rfkill(const enum tpacpi_rfk_id id, BUG_ON(id >= TPACPI_RFK_SW_MAX || tpacpi_rfkill_switches[id]); - atp_rfk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tpacpi_rfk), GFP_KERNEL); + atp_rfk = kzalloc(sizeof(*atp_rfk), GFP_KERNEL); if (atp_rfk) atp_rfk->rfkill = rfkill_alloc(name, &tpacpi_pdev->dev, -- 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