linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix sg_io

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Date:	Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:46:03 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com>
Cc:	jens.axboe@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix sg_io_hdr.info corruption.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:50:35 +0300
Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com> wrote:

> sizeof(unsigned (short)) is actually sizeof(function), == 1.
> Spotted by sparse.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/compat_ioctl.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> index 5235c67..7c2d617 100644
> --- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int sg_ioctl_trans(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>  
>  	if (copy_in_user(&sgio->status, &sgio32->status,
>  			 (4 * sizeof(unsigned char)) +
> -			 (2 * sizeof(unsigned (short))) +
> +			 (2 * sizeof(unsigned short)) +
>  			 (3 * sizeof(int))))
>  		return -EFAULT;

gack.

akpm:/home/akpm> cat t.c
main()
{
	        printf("%d\n", sizeof(unsigned (short)));
	        printf("%d\n", sizeof(unsigned short));
}
akpm:/home/akpm> ./a.out
1
2


the code has been like this for years and years.  Why hasn't anyone
noticed?  
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