Julia Lawall schrieb: > From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > sizeof(codec->reg_cache) is just the size of the pointer. Elsewhere in the > file, codec->reg_cache is used with sizeof(wm8900_reg_defaults), so the > code is changed to do the same here. > > A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as > follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > // <smpl> > @@ > expression *x; > expression f; > type T; > @@ > > *f(...,(T)x,...) > // </smpl> > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > --- > sound/soc/codecs/wm8900.c | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8900.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8900.c > index c9438dd..dbc368c 100644 > --- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8900.c > +++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8900.c > @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void wm8900_reset(struct snd_soc_codec *codec) > snd_soc_write(codec, WM8900_REG_RESET, 0); > > memcpy(codec->reg_cache, wm8900_reg_defaults, > - sizeof(codec->reg_cache)); > + sizeof(wm8900_reg_defaults)); > } I do not think that this was the intention of the original author, I guess the idea behind sizeof(*codec->reg_cache) was to protect the area behind it (in case wm8900_reg_defaults are badly defined). re, wh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html