WARNING: Prefer kzalloc_obj over kzalloc with sizeof #447: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/alibaba/eea/eea_pci.c:314: + ep_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ep_dev), GFP_KERNEL); total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 507 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. Commit 3b7972171e81 ("eea: introduce PCI framework") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE FILE_PATH_CHANGES GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 507 lines checked