From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:27:53 +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/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c
index 657d910dfa1d..f06efcd70c14 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c
@@ -145,6 +145,5 @@ int hdpvr_alloc_buffers(struct hdpvr_device *dev, uint count)
"allocating %u buffers\n", count);
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-
- buf = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hdpvr_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
+ buf = kzalloc(sizeof(*buf), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf)
--
2.14.1
