On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:45:46PM +0200, Thomas Meyer wrote:
> sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the
> pointer.
> Found by coccinelle spatch "misc/noderef.cocci"
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> @@ -6973,7 +6973,7 @@ static int rtw_mp_ctx(struct net_device
> stop = strncmp(extra, "stop", 4);
> sscanf(extra, "count =%d, pkt", &count);
>
> - _rtw_memset(extra, '\0', sizeof(extra));
> + _rtw_memset(extra, '\0', sizeof(*extra));
Do:
extra[0] = '\0';
regards,
dan carpenter
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