From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 21:26:52 +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/macintosh/rack-meter.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/rack-meter.c b/drivers/macintosh/rack-meter.c
index 0796b74174d4..800fc6822ad8 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/rack-meter.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/rack-meter.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static int rackmeter_probe(struct macio_dev* mdev,
}
/* Create and initialize our instance data */
- rm = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rackmeter), GFP_KERNEL);
+ rm = kzalloc(sizeof(*rm), GFP_KERNEL);
if (rm == NULL) {
rc = -ENOMEM;
goto bail_release;
--
2.15.1
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