linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] Bluetooth: btusb: Fix the application of sizeof to pointer

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Date:   Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:33:45 +0200
From:   Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:     Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
        linux-bluetooth <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] Bluetooth: btusb: Fix the application of sizeof to
 pointer

Hi Yang,

> sizeof() when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of
> the pointer.
> 
> Clean up coccicheck warning:
> ./drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c:2210:36-42: ERROR: application of sizeof to
> pointer
> 
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
> index 928cbfa..5bf479e 100644
> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
> @@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ static int btusb_set_bdaddr_mtk(struct hci_dev *hdev, const bdaddr_t *bdaddr)
> 	struct sk_buff *skb;
> 	long ret;
> 
> -	skb = __hci_cmd_sync(hdev, 0xfc1a, sizeof(bdaddr), bdaddr, HCI_INIT_TIMEOUT);
> +	skb = __hci_cmd_sync(hdev, 0xfc1a, sizeof(*bdaddr), bdaddr, HCI_INIT_TIMEOUT);

lets just do 0xfc1a, 6, bdaddr like the other functions do as well.

Regards

Marcel