| Message ID | 20171018203425.GA983@embeddedor.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Delegated to: | Jeff Kirsher |
| Headers | show |
| Series | i40e/virtchnl: fix application of sizeof to pointer | expand |
> -----Original Message----- > From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org] On > Behalf Of Gustavo A. R. Silva > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:34 PM > To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org; linux- > kernel@vger.kernel.org; Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com> > Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] i40e/virtchnl: fix application of sizeof to > pointer > > sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the > pointer. > > The proper fix in this particular case is to code sizeof(*vfres) instead of > sizeof(vfres). > > This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle. > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com> > --- > This code was tested by compilation only. > > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c index f8a794b..56dd1e8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c @@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ static int i40e_vc_request_queues_msg(struct i40e_vf *vf, u8 *msg, int msglen) } return i40e_vc_send_msg_to_vf(vf, VIRTCHNL_OP_REQUEST_QUEUES, 0, - (u8 *)vfres, sizeof(vfres)); + (u8 *)vfres, sizeof(*vfres)); } /**
sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the pointer. The proper fix in this particular case is to code sizeof(*vfres) instead of sizeof(vfres). This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com> --- This code was tested by compilation only. drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)