linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: fix type mismacth

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Message-ID: <YTXjBCZvdTeutTZX@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Sep 2021 11:44:36 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        straube.linux@...il.com, fmdefrancesco@...il.com,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: fix type mismacth

On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 11:52:16PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> smatch says:
> rtw_cmd.c:1165 rtw_setassocsta_cmd() warn: struct type mismatch 'set_stakey_rsp vs set_assocsta_rsp'
> 
> Since psetassocsta_rsp has struct set_stakey_rsp * type, it looks like
> copy-paste failure. This error didn't cause any bugs, because
> sizeof(struct set_assocsta_parm) > sizeof(struct set_stakey_rsp), but
> there is no reason for allocation extra unused memory
> 
> Fixes: 15865124feed ("staging: r8188eu: introduce new core dir for RTL8188eu driver")
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> index fee4208dacba..afe6c7fa594d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ u8 rtw_setassocsta_cmd(struct adapter  *padapter, u8 *mac_addr)
>  		goto exit;
>  	}
>  
> -	psetassocsta_rsp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct set_assocsta_rsp), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	psetassocsta_rsp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct set_stakey_rsp), GFP_ATOMIC);

Best way to fix this is to use the variable in the call itself, like:
	psetassocsta_rsp = kzalloc(sizeof(*psetassocsta_rsp), GFP_ATOMIC);

But as Dan said, this looks odd overall, please make sure that the code
is correct here.

thanks,

greg k-h