linux-kernel - Re: Is this bug too obvious?

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Date:	Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:13:06 -0500
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@...ervon.org>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Is this bug too obvious?

Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> 
>> drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c:
>>
>> int
>> usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
>> {
>>         struct usbnet                   *dev;
>>         struct net_device               *net;
>>         struct usb_host_interface       *interface;
>>         struct driver_info              *info;
>>         struct usb_device               *xdev;
>>         int                             status;
>>
>> 	...
>>
>>         net = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*dev));
>>                                     ^^^^
>> 	                            *net ???
> 
> No, alloc_etherdev takes the size of the private data, which, in this 
> case, is *dev.
> 
> 	-Daniel
> *This .sig left intentionally blank*

OK I'll keep looking for the cause of the oops then:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=228231

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