linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] net/mlx4_core: fix incorrect size allocation for dev->caps.spec

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Date:   Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:57:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     tariqt@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] net/mlx4_core: fix incorrect size allocation for
 dev->caps.spec_qps

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:07:24 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The current allocation for dev->caps.spec_qps is for the size of the
> pointer and not the size of the actual  mlx4_spec_qps structure.  Fix
> this by using the correct size.   Also splint allocation over a few
> lines to make it cppcheck clean on overly wide lines.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1455222 ("Wrong sizeof argument")
> 
> Fixes: c73c8b1e47ca ("net/mlx4_core: Dynamically allocate structs at mlx4_slave_cap")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied.