Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH 2/3] [media] si470x: Improve a size determination in si470x_usb_driver_probe() | From | SF Markus Elfring <> | Date | Sat, 16 Sep 2017 15:38:59 +0200 |
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From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:58:06 +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@users.sourceforge.net> --- drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c b/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c index af295530b20f..6fc6e8235f20 100644 --- a/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c +++ b/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c @@ -584,5 +584,5 @@ static int si470x_usb_driver_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, /* private data allocation and initialization */ - radio = kzalloc(sizeof(struct si470x_device), GFP_KERNEL); + radio = kzalloc(sizeof(*radio), GFP_KERNEL); if (!radio) { retval = -ENOMEM; goto err_initial; -- 2.14.1
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