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/octeon-usb/cvmx-usb.c b/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/cvmx-usb.c --- a/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/cvmx-usb.c +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/cvmx-usb.c @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ int cvmx_usb_initialize(struct cvmx_usb_ } } - memset(usb, 0, sizeof(usb)); + memset(usb, 0, sizeof(*usb)); usb->init_flags = flags; /* Initialize the USB state structure */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/