From: jing yangyang <jing.yangyang@xxxxxxxxxx> sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the pointer. ./drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c:1554:46-52: 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> --- drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c index 94810b1..4df8a4d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c @@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ enum fw_retval * Enqueue event to EventQ. Events processing happens * in Event worker thread context */ - if (csio_enqueue_evt(hw, CSIO_EVT_MBX, mbp, sizeof(mbp))) + if (csio_enqueue_evt(hw, CSIO_EVT_MBX, mbp, sizeof(*mbp))) CSIO_INC_STATS(hw, n_evt_drop); return 0; -- 1.8.3.1