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/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c @@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ echo_copyout_lsm (struct lov_stripe_md * if (nob > ulsm_nob) return (-EINVAL); - if (copy_to_user (ulsm, lsm, sizeof(ulsm))) + if (copy_to_user (ulsm, lsm, sizeof(*ulsm))) return (-EFAULT); for (i = 0; i < lsm->lsm_stripe_count; i++) { _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel