From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francois-Xavier Le Bail Subject: [PATCH] net: rtnetlink: fix correct size given to memset Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:06:38 +0100 Message-ID: <1392127598-3719-1-git-send-email-fx.lebail@yahoo.com> To: NETDEV , David Miller Return-path: Received: from smtp05.smtpout.orange.fr ([80.12.242.127]:28742 "EHLO smtp.smtpout.orange.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751840AbaBKOgf (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:36:35 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Find by cppcheck: [net/core/rtnetlink.c:1842]: (warning) Using size of pointer linkinfo instead of size of its data. Signed-off-by: Francois-Xavier Le Bail --- The diagnosis of cppcheck seems relevant. net/core/rtnetlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 048dc8d..9a5dbf1 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ replay: if (err < 0) return err; } else - memset(linkinfo, 0, sizeof(linkinfo)); + memset(linkinfo, 0, sizeof(*linkinfo)); if (linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_KIND]) { nla_strlcpy(kind, linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_KIND], sizeof(kind));