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++) {
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