On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 11:52:16PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> smatch says:
> rtw_cmd.c:1165 rtw_setassocsta_cmd() warn: struct type mismatch 'set_stakey_rsp vs set_assocsta_rsp'
>
> Since psetassocsta_rsp has struct set_stakey_rsp * type, it looks like
> copy-paste failure. This error didn't cause any bugs, because
> sizeof(struct set_assocsta_parm) > sizeof(struct set_stakey_rsp), but
> there is no reason for allocation extra unused memory
>
> Fixes: 15865124feed ("staging: r8188eu: introduce new core dir for RTL8188eu driver")
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> index fee4208dacba..afe6c7fa594d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ u8 rtw_setassocsta_cmd(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *mac_addr)
> goto exit;
> }
>
> - psetassocsta_rsp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct set_assocsta_rsp), GFP_ATOMIC);
> + psetassocsta_rsp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct set_stakey_rsp), GFP_ATOMIC);
Best way to fix this is to use the variable in the call itself, like:
psetassocsta_rsp = kzalloc(sizeof(*psetassocsta_rsp), GFP_ATOMIC);
But as Dan said, this looks odd overall, please make sure that the code
is correct here.
thanks,
greg k-h
