From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:55:16 +0200 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/media/common/cypress_firmware.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/common/cypress_firmware.c b/drivers/media/common/cypress_firmware.c index bfe47bc5f716..8895158c1962 100644 --- a/drivers/media/common/cypress_firmware.c +++ b/drivers/media/common/cypress_firmware.c @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int cypress_load_firmware(struct usb_device *udev, struct hexline *hx; int ret, pos = 0; - hx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hexline), GFP_KERNEL); + hx = kmalloc(sizeof(*hx), GFP_KERNEL); if (!hx) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.14.1