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 <thomas@xxxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/cvmx-usb.c b/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/cvmx-usb.c --- a/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/cvmx-usb.c +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/cvmx-usb.c @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ int cvmx_usb_initialize(struct cvmx_usb_ } } - memset(usb, 0, sizeof(usb)); + memset(usb, 0, sizeof(*usb)); usb->init_flags = flags; /* Initialize the USB state structure */ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
