netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: mac80211/cfg.c: fix error using of sizeof()

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Message-ID: <51129A12.6020101@candelatech.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:59:46 -0800
From:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
CC:	Cong Ding <dinggnu@...il.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mac80211/cfg.c: fix error using of sizeof()

On 02/06/2013 09:54 AM, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 02/06/2013 08:27 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Wed, 2013-02-06 at 17:23 +0100, Cong Ding wrote:
>>> Using 'sizeof' on array given as function argument returns size of a pointer
>>> rather than the size of array.
>>
>> Oops, yeah, Stephen Hemminger pointed this out a month or so ago and I
>> forgot to change it, thanks.
>
> This needs to be back-ported for 3.7 stable?  Perhaps the code below
> corresponds (from copy_mesh_setup)?
>
>
>      /* mcast rate setting in Mesh Node */
>      memcpy(sdata->vif.bss_conf.mcast_rate, setup->mcast_rate,
>                          sizeof(setup->mcast_rate));

Nevermind..I think I'm wrong about that..the sizeof probably works fine
here.  Sorry for the noise.

Ben

>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>


-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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