linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cciss: fix invalid use of sizeof in cciss_find

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Date:	Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:11:11 -0600
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com
Cc:	Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>, mike.miller@...com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn,
	iss_storagedev@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cciss: fix invalid use of sizeof in
 cciss_find_cfgtables()

On Thu, Mar 14 2013, scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:19:45PM +0800, Wei Yongjun wrote:
> > From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>
> > 
> > sizeof() when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the
> > size of the pointer, not that of the pointed data.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>
> > ---
> >  drivers/block/cciss.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> > index ade58bc..1c1b8e5 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
> > +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> > @@ -4206,7 +4206,7 @@ static int cciss_find_cfgtables(ctlr_info_t *h)
> >  	if (rc)
> >  		return rc;
> >  	h->cfgtable = remap_pci_mem(pci_resource_start(h->pdev,
> > -		cfg_base_addr_index) + cfg_offset, sizeof(h->cfgtable));
> > +		cfg_base_addr_index) + cfg_offset, sizeof(*h->cfgtable));
> >  	if (!h->cfgtable)
> >  		return -ENOMEM;
> >  	rc = write_driver_ver_to_cfgtable(h->cfgtable);
> > 
> 
> Ack.
> 
> I suppose it has worked all this time because ioremap can't map less
> than a page, and sizeof(*h->cfgtable) is less than a page, and likely
> starts on a page boundary.

Queued up for 3.9, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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