linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: lg: fix noderef.cocci warnings

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Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:17:30 +0100
From:   Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
To:     kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...org, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: lg: fix noderef.cocci warnings

On Nov 21 2016 or thereabouts, kbuild test robot wrote:
> drivers/hid/hid-lg.c:780:47-53: ERROR: application of sizeof to pointer
> 
>  sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of
>  the pointer
> 
> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/misc/noderef.cocci
> 
> CC: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> ---
> 
>  hid-lg.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-lg.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-lg.c
> @@ -777,8 +777,10 @@ static int lg_probe(struct hid_device *h
>  			buf[1] = 0xB2;
>  			get_random_bytes(&buf[2], 2);
>  
> -			ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, buf[0], buf, sizeof(buf),
> -					HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
> +			ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, buf[0], buf,
> +						 sizeof(*buf),

This is wrong. I messed up and should have used "sizeof(cbuf)", but the
coccinelle script failed at detecting the correct solution (I guess it
couldn't).

Jiri, do you want me to send a v2 of the series or will you just amend
the patch while applying?

Cheers,
Benjamin

> +						 HID_FEATURE_REPORT,
> +						 HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
>  		}
>  		kfree(buf);
>  	}