netdev - [PATCH 11/12] net/mac80211: Correct size given to memset

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Date:	Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:25:59 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 11/12] net/mac80211: Correct size given to memset

From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

Memset should be given the size of the structure, not the size of the pointer.

The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
T *x;
expression E;
@@

memset(x, E, sizeof(
+ *
 x))
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

---
 net/mac80211/mesh.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/Net/mac80211/mesh.c
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ int ieee80211_new_mesh_header(struct iee
 		char *addr5, char *addr6)
 {
 	int aelen = 0;
-	memset(meshhdr, 0, sizeof(meshhdr));
+	memset(meshhdr, 0, sizeof(*meshhdr));
 	meshhdr->ttl = sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.dot11MeshTTL;
 	put_unaligned(cpu_to_le32(sdata->u.mesh.mesh_seqnum), &meshhdr->seqnum);
 	sdata->u.mesh.mesh_seqnum++;
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