From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:03:30 +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/parport/parport_ax88796.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_ax88796.c b/drivers/parport/parport_ax88796.c index ef0aec4b55f3..09788d8cf467 100644 --- a/drivers/parport/parport_ax88796.c +++ b/drivers/parport/parport_ax88796.c @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int parport_ax88796_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) int irq; int ret; - dd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ax_drvdata), GFP_KERNEL); + dd = kzalloc(sizeof(*dd), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dd) 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
