From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:28:07 +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/keyboard/omap4-keypad.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/omap4-keypad.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/omap4-keypad.c index 6fe554e4026e..4b5bd0c611d6 100644 --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/omap4-keypad.c +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/omap4-keypad.c @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int omap4_keypad_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -EINVAL; } - keypad_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct omap4_keypad), GFP_KERNEL); + keypad_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*keypad_data), GFP_KERNEL); if (!keypad_data) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.16.1 -- 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