From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751999AbdJRUee (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:34:34 -0400 Received: from gateway31.websitewelcome.com ([192.185.143.36]:29893 "EHLO gateway31.websitewelcome.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751717AbdJRUea (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:34:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:34:25 -0500 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" To: Jeff Kirsher Cc: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Subject: [PATCH] i40e/virtchnl: fix application of sizeof to pointer Message-ID: <20171018203425.GA983@embeddedor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator4166.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - embeddedor.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 189.152.226.223 X-Exim-ID: 1e4v2q-001YYx-0v X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (embeddedor) [189.152.226.223]:56820 X-Source-Auth: garsilva@embeddedor.com X-Email-Count: 6 X-Source-Cap: Z3V6aWRpbmU7Z3V6aWRpbmU7Z2F0b3I0MTY2Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 --- This code was tested by compilation only. drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) 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)); } /** -- 2.7.4