From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 21:03:20 +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/nand/ams-delta.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/ams-delta.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/ams-delta.c index effaecff0f2e..4f5fc104c510 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/ams-delta.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/ams-delta.c @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int ams_delta_init(struct platform_device *pdev) return -ENXIO; /* Allocate memory for MTD device structure and private data */ - this = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nand_chip), GFP_KERNEL); + this = kzalloc(sizeof(*this), GFP_KERNEL); if (!this) { err = -ENOMEM; goto out; -- 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