From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:38:28 +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/mtd/maps/sun_uflash.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/sun_uflash.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/sun_uflash.c index 80a253cc72e2..16a4f16a2680 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/sun_uflash.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/sun_uflash.c @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int uflash_devinit(struct platform_device *op, struct device_node *dp) return -ENODEV; } - up = kzalloc(sizeof(struct uflash_dev), GFP_KERNEL); + up = kzalloc(sizeof(*up), GFP_KERNEL); if (!up) 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