linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/18] mtd-cfi_cmdset_0001: Improve another size determination in cfi_intelext_partition

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Message-ID: <e8317d2b-3940-eb1e-68c0-c503171bcf76@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2017 22:57:31 +0100
From:   Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/18] mtd-cfi_cmdset_0001: Improve another size
 determination in cfi_intelext_partition_fixup()

On 01/11/2017 09:37 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 19:09:58 +0100

Please drop this stuff ^^^^^ git send-email should do that for you.

> Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
> determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
> index 68227aa74d22..0d7c2ef533d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
> @@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static int cfi_intelext_partition_fixup(struct mtd_info *mtd,
>  			kfree(newcfi);
>  			return -ENOMEM;
>  		}
> -		memcpy(newcfi, cfi, sizeof(struct cfi_private));
> +		memcpy(newcfi, cfi, sizeof(*cfi));
>  		newcfi->numchips = numvirtchips;
>  		newcfi->chipshift = partshift;
>  
> 


-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut