Re: p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), )

Willy Tarreau
2005-09-18T18:00:50Z

On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 06:30:58PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 07:25:24PM +0300, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> > Do these qualify?
> >
> > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0105.1/0579.html
> > o Fix wrong kmalloc sizes in ixj/emu10k1 (David Chan)
>
> ixj does, emu10k does not (sizeof(p) instead of sizeof(*p) would be
> exact same bug).

Funny, a few days ago, I found such a bug in a coworker's code. I agree
that finding this at 3am would be close to impossible. OK, you converted
me :-)

Regards,
Willy