From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:10:45 +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/ti-st/st_kim.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c index 68ebdf466b17..948e3461d02e 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c +++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c @@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static int kim_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) st_kim_devices[0] = pdev; } - kim_gdata = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kim_data_s), GFP_ATOMIC); + kim_gdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*kim_gdata), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!kim_gdata) 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