From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 22:20:19 +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/misc/fsa9480.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/fsa9480.c b/drivers/misc/fsa9480.c index 4d7f763195bc..bf199cd5fce9 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/fsa9480.c +++ b/drivers/misc/fsa9480.c @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static int fsa9480_probe(struct i2c_client *client, if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA)) return -EIO; - usbsw = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fsa9480_usbsw), GFP_KERNEL); + usbsw = kzalloc(sizeof(*usbsw), GFP_KERNEL); if (!usbsw) 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