linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/usb: Correct code taking the size of a pointer

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Message-Id: <20091213.195806.179955530.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:58:06 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	julia@...u.dk
Cc:	petkan@...rs.sourceforge.net, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/usb: Correct code taking the size of a
 pointer

From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:47:04 +0100 (CET)

> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> 
> sizeof(dev->dev_addr) is the size of a pointer.  A few lines above, the
> size of this field is obtained using netdev->addr_len for a call to memcpy,
> so do the same here.
> 
> A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

Applied.
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