On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 01:58:49PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 20:16:16 +0100 > > Replace the specification of two data structures by pointer dereferences > as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size > determinations a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c > index 1f7d88d7569e..0628600bee56 100644 > --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c > @@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ int ocrdma_mbx_rdma_stats(struct ocrdma_dev *dev, bool reset) > mqe->u.nonemb_req.sge[0].len = dev->stats_mem.size; > > /* Cache the old stats */ > - memcpy(old_stats, req, sizeof(struct ocrdma_rdma_stats_resp)); > + memcpy(old_stats, req, sizeof(*old_stats)); Isn't sizeof(req) smaller than sizeof(*old_stats)? > memset(req, 0, dev->stats_mem.size); > > ocrdma_init_mch((struct ocrdma_mbx_hdr *)req, > @@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ int ocrdma_mbx_rdma_stats(struct ocrdma_dev *dev, bool reset) > status = ocrdma_nonemb_mbx_cmd(dev, mqe, dev->stats_mem.va); > if (status) > /* Copy from cache, if mbox fails */ > - memcpy(req, old_stats, sizeof(struct ocrdma_rdma_stats_resp)); > + memcpy(req, old_stats, sizeof(*old_stats)); Fix itself looks fine but original code seems strange and makes me anxious since resp is (much) bigger than req. > else > ocrdma_le32_to_cpu(req, dev->stats_mem.size); > > -- > 2.12.0 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- 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