linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] i2c: designware-pci: Use standard pattern for memory allocation

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Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:42:15 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jan Dabros <jsd@...ihalf.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] i2c: designware-pci: Use standard pattern for memory allocation

The pattern
	foo = kmalloc(sizeof(*foo), GFP_KERNEL);
has an advantage when foo type is changed. Since we are planning a such,
better to be prepared by using standard pattern for memory allocation.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
---
v2: added tag (Jarkko)
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c
index 6e8a9d26563a..e499f96506c5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static int i2c_dw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, r,
 				     "I/O memory remapping failed\n");
 
-	dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct dw_i2c_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
2.35.1