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 <garsi...@embeddedor.com>
---
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
