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[net,1/4] i40e/virtchnl: fix application of sizeof to pointer

Message ID 20171128092218.84541-2-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Series Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2017-11-27 | expand

Commit Message

Kirsher, Jeffrey T Nov. 28, 2017, 9:22 a.m. UTC 
From: Gustavo A R Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com>

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>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index a3dc9b932946..36cb8e068e85 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));
 }
 
 /**