From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 16:18:52 +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/ioc4.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ioc4.c b/drivers/misc/ioc4.c
index 5bd422498fff..704e13382df0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ioc4.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ioc4.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ ioc4_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pci_id)
pci_set_master(pdev);
/* Set up per-IOC4 data */
- idd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ioc4_driver_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+ idd = kmalloc(sizeof(*idd), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!idd) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_idd;
--
2.15.1
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