sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the pointer. Found by coccinelle spatch "misc/noderef.cocci"
Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <tho...@m3y3r.de> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c @@ -6973,7 +6973,7 @@ static int rtw_mp_ctx(struct net_device stop = strncmp(extra, "stop", 4); sscanf(extra, "count =%d, pkt", &count); - _rtw_memset(extra, '\0', sizeof(extra)); + _rtw_memset(extra, '\0', sizeof(*extra)); if (stop == 0) { bStartTest = 0; /* To set Stop */ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel