From: jing yangyang <jing.yangyang@xxxxxxxxxx>
sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the
pointer.
./tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c:344:36-42: ERROR application
of sizeof to pointer
This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: jing yangyang <jing.yangyang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c
index 1af16d2..54bf57f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void split_file_backed_thp(void)
}
/* write something to the file, so a file-backed THP can be allocated */
- num_written = write(fd, tmpfs_loc, sizeof(tmpfs_loc));
+ num_written = write(fd, tmpfs_loc, sizeof(*tmpfs_loc));
close(fd);
if (num_written < 1) {
--
1.8.3.1
