linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 3/5] drivers/infiniband: correct size computation

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Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:22:16 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
To:	"Tung, Chien Tin" <chien.tin.tung@...el.com>
Cc:	"Latif, Faisal" <faisal.latif@...el.com>,
	Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>,
	"Hefty, Sean" <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	"linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/5] drivers/infiniband: correct size computation

On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Tung, Chien Tin wrote:

> Thanks for pointing out the bug.  
> 
> > 	/* Remap the PCI registers in adapter BAR0 to kernel VA space */
> >-	mmio_regs = ioremap_nocache(pci_resource_start(pcidev, BAR_0), sizeof(mmio_regs));
> >+	mmio_regs = ioremap_nocache(pci_resource_start(pcidev, BAR_0),
> >+				    sizeof(*mmio_regs));
> > 	if (mmio_regs == NULL) {
> > 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Unable to remap BAR0\n");
> > 		ret = -EIO;
> 
> mmio_regs is initialized to NULL at the top of the function so 
> *mmio_regs wouldn't be a good idea.  Instead of sizeof(*mmio_regs) use 
> pci_resource_len(pcidev, BAR_0).  If you can recreate the patch with 
> this change I will ack it.

When you say that it isn't a good idea, do you mean that the result is 
wrong, or that it looks odd?  I didn't think sizeof looked at the value, 
but only at the type?

julia
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