From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Sizeof a pointer-typed expression returns the size of the pointer, not that of the pointed data. The semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression *e; type T; identifier f; @@ f(...,(T)e,..., -sizeof(e) +sizeof(*e) ,...) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c --- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ _transport_set_identify(struct MPT2SAS_A return -EIO; } - memset(identify, 0, sizeof(identify)); + memset(identify, 0, sizeof(*identify)); device_info = le32_to_cpu(sas_device_pg0.DeviceInfo); /* sas_address */ -- 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
