linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next] firmware/psci: fix application of sizeof to pointer

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Message-ID: <20210824105824.GC96738@C02TD0UTHF1T.local>
Date:   Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:58:24 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     jing yangyang <cgel.zte@...il.com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jing yangyang <jing.yangyang@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] firmware/psci: fix application of sizeof to
 pointer

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 07:30:16PM -0700, jing yangyang wrote:
> sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of
> the pointer.
> 
> ./drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c:158:41-47: ERROR application of sizeof to pointer
> 
> This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
> 
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: jing yangyang <jing.yangyang@....com.cn>

>From looking at the git history, we should add:

  Fixes: 7401056de5f8d4ea ("drivers/firmware: psci_checker: stash and use topology_core_cpumask for hotplug tests)"

With that:

  Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

Lorenzo, how do we normally direct these patches?

Thanks,
Mark.


> ---
>  drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c b/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c
> index 9a369a2..116eb46 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c
> @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static int alloc_init_cpu_groups(cpumask_var_t **pcpu_groups)
>  	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmp, GFP_KERNEL))
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	cpu_groups = kcalloc(nb_available_cpus, sizeof(cpu_groups),
> +	cpu_groups = kcalloc(nb_available_cpus, sizeof(*cpu_groups),
>  			     GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!cpu_groups) {
>  		free_cpumask_var(tmp);
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 
>