From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 14:54:14 +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/hid/hid-lg.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-lg.c b/drivers/hid/hid-lg.c index f4439dc64497..358b4c6f856d 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-lg.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-lg.c @@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ static int lg_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id) return -ENODEV; } - drv_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lg_drv_data), GFP_KERNEL); + drv_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*drv_data), GFP_KERNEL); if (!drv_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