Vaishali Thakkar wrote: > When sizeof is applied to a pointer typed expression, it gives > the size of the pointer. And why would that be wrong in this case? > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c > @@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ static int hcd_alloc_coherent(struct usb_bus *bus, > return -EFAULT; > } > > - vaddr = hcd_buffer_alloc(bus, size + sizeof(vaddr), > + vaddr = hcd_buffer_alloc(bus, size + sizeof(*vaddr), > mem_flags, dma_handle); > if (!vaddr) > return -ENOMEM; > Please note the following comment: /* * Store the virtual address of the buffer at the end * of the allocated dma buffer. [...] Regards, Clemens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
