netdev - [PATCH] i40e/virtchnl: fix application of sizeof to pointer

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Message-ID: <20171018203425.GA983@embeddedor.com>
Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:34:25 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:     intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] i40e/virtchnl: fix application of sizeof to pointer

sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of
the pointer.

The proper fix in this particular case is to code sizeof(*vfres)
instead of sizeof(vfres).

This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
This code was tested by compilation only.

 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index f8a794b..56dd1e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ static int i40e_vc_request_queues_msg(struct i40e_vf *vf, u8 *msg, int msglen)
 	}
 
 	return i40e_vc_send_msg_to_vf(vf, VIRTCHNL_OP_REQUEST_QUEUES, 0,
-				      (u8 *)vfres, sizeof(vfres));
+				      (u8 *)vfres, sizeof(*vfres));
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.7.4