Re: [PATCH] serial_core: fix sizeof(pointer)

[Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>]

On 09/06/2012 04:27 AM, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the
> size of the pointer.
> 
> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/misc/noderef.cocci
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
> ---
> 
>  cocci-output-38612-39d907-serial_core.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
> @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static void uart_get_info(struct tty_por
>  {
>  	struct uart_port *uport = state->uart_port;
>  
> -	memset(retinfo, 0, sizeof(retinfo));
> +	memset(retinfo, 0, sizeof(*retinfo));

Hmm, what tree is this against? I have:

memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs