From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:07:41 +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/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c index b795fefafb12..930261710ba2 100644 --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c @@ -306,9 +306,8 @@ static int __init gicv2m_init_one(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, struct resource *res) { int ret; - struct v2m_data *v2m; + struct v2m_data *v2m = kzalloc(sizeof(*v2m), GFP_KERNEL); - v2m = kzalloc(sizeof(struct v2m_data), GFP_KERNEL); if (!v2m) 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