On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 08:48:26AM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > > - memset(sb + sizeof(*sb), 0, rdev->sb_size - sizeof(*sb)); > > + memset(sb + 1, 0, rdev->sb_size - sizeof(*sb)); > > > > sb->magic = cpu_to_le32(DM_RAID_MAGIC); > > sb->features = cpu_to_le32(0); /* No features yet */ > > Not following... sizeof(*sb) != sizeof(sb). So I'm not seeing a > problem. > > Nor am I seeing how you think sb + 1 is equivalent to what Heinz > intended (zero the memory following the sizeof(struct dm_raid_superblock)). It's pointer math. sizeof(*sb) is 512. "sb + sizeof(*sb)" is the same as (void *)sb + 512 * 512. "sb + 1" is the same as (void *)sb + 512. regards, dan carpenter -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel