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[2/2] video: fbdev-MMP: Improve a size determination in path_init()

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SF Markus Elfring Nov. 26, 2017, 8:43 p.m. UTC 
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:21:33 +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@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/mmp/hw/mmp_ctrl.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz April 26, 2018, 10:10 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Sunday, November 26, 2017 09:43:52 PM SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:21:33 +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@users.sourceforge.net>

Patch queued for 4.18, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

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diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/mmp/hw/mmp_ctrl.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/mmp/hw/mmp_ctrl.c
index 9f912ea0bfce..fcdbb2df137f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/mmp/hw/mmp_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/mmp/hw/mmp_ctrl.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@  static int path_init(struct mmphw_path_plat *path_plat,
 	dev_info(ctrl->dev, "%s: %s\n", __func__, config->name);
 
 	/* init driver data */
-	path_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mmp_path_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	path_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*path_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!path_info)
 		return 0;