From: Daniel Hilst Selli <danielhilst@gmail.com>
To: "linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org"
<linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: sizeof *data, when data isn't initalized, is that right?
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:19:54 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54C13F4A.2020404@gmail.com> (raw)
I came across this code:
struct mcp23s08_driver_data *data;
...
data = kzalloc(sizeof *data + chips * sizeof(struct mcp23s08),
GFP_KERNEL);
Since data wasn't initialized when `sizeof *data' is called, wasn't this a non-initialized pointer dereference?
Cheers
next reply other threads:[~2015-01-22 18:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-22 18:19 Daniel Hilst Selli [this message]
2015-01-22 18:38 ` sizeof *data, when data isn't initalized, is that right? Hubert CHAUMETTE
2015-01-22 18:39 ` Hubert CHAUMETTE
2015-01-23 7:33 ` Trevor Woerner
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