From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:30:42 +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/pcmcia/pcmcia_cis.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_cis.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_cis.c index ffcd014b7bc1..ecee94e8f30a 100644 --- a/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_cis.c +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_cis.c @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int pcmcia_loop_config(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev, struct pcmcia_cfg_mem *cfg_mem; int ret; - cfg_mem = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pcmcia_cfg_mem), GFP_KERNEL); + cfg_mem = kzalloc(sizeof(*cfg_mem), GFP_KERNEL); if (cfg_mem == NULL) 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