From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 22:16:14 +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/input/touchscreen/sur40.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c index c7a0a92b2044..946e1a0328b4 100644 --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static int sur40_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, return -ENODEV; /* Allocate memory for our device state and initialize it. */ - sur40 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sur40_state), GFP_KERNEL); + sur40 = kzalloc(sizeof(*sur40), GFP_KERNEL); if (!sur40) 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
