linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/12] crypto: Correct size given to memset

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Message-ID: <20091211150919.GB736@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:09:19 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/12] crypto: Correct size given to memset

On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 08:23:09PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 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>

Luckily these functions aren't used by anything.  Perhaps we
should get rid of them altogether.

Anyway, I've applied your patch.  Thanks!
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