[PATCH] staging: gpib: gpio: use sizeof(*ptr) in kzalloc

From: Ajanth Badiger

Date: Sun May 03 2026 - 05:36:42 EST


Replace sizeof(struct bb_priv) with sizeof(*board->private_data)
to follow kernel coding style and improve maintainability.

checkpatch.pl also reports that LINVAL macro should be enclosed
in parentheses. However, LINVAL intentionally expands to a
comma-separated list of arguments matching the LINFMT format
string used in dbg_printk() calls.

Wrapping it in parentheses would change semantics due to the
comma operator, causing only the last expression to be passed.

Therefore, no change is made to LINVAL.

Signed-off-by: Ajanth Badiger <badigerajanth1301@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/gpib/gpio/gpib_bitbang.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/gpio/gpib_bitbang.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/gpio/gpib_bitbang.c
index 374cd61355e9..2fff9ec9a01c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gpib/gpio/gpib_bitbang.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/gpio/gpib_bitbang.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ static int bb_line_status(const struct gpib_board *board)

static int allocate_private(struct gpib_board *board)
{
- board->private_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct bb_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+ board->private_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*board->private_data), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!board->private_data)
return -1;
return 0;
--
2.43.0