From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:25:13 +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-imx-gpcv2.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c index f08fcbb46b1b..e62f22c84112 100644 --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int __init imx_gpcv2_irqchip_init(struct device_node *node, return -ENXIO; } - cd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct gpcv2_irqchip_data), GFP_KERNEL); + cd = kzalloc(sizeof(*cd), GFP_KERNEL); if (!cd) 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