linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: mac80211/cfg.c: fix error using of sizeof()

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Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:33:04 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dinggnu@...il.com
Cc:	johannes@...solutions.net, linville@...driver.com,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mac80211/cfg.c: fix error using of sizeof()

From: Cong Ding <dinggnu@...il.com>
Date: Wed,  6 Feb 2013 17:23:45 +0100

> Using 'sizeof' on array given as function argument returns size of a pointer
> rather than the size of array.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cong Ding <dinggnu@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/cfg.c |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> index 661b878..af561d5 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> @@ -2058,7 +2058,8 @@ static int ieee80211_set_mcast_rate(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
>  {
>  	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
>  
> -	memcpy(sdata->vif.bss_conf.mcast_rate, rate, sizeof(rate));
> +	memcpy(sdata->vif.bss_conf.mcast_rate, rate,
> +			sizeof(int) * IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS);
>  

This is not indented properly.  The "sizeof(int..." should start at the
first column after the openning parenthesis of the memcpy() call.
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