2011-05-09 15:51:30

by Joe Perches

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Subject: [PATCH] staging: brcm80211: brcmfmac: Fix memset using sizeof(ptr) not sizeof(*ptr)

Found via coccinelle script

@@
type T;
T* ptr;
expression E1;
@@

* memset(E1, 0, sizeof(ptr));

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
---
drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c | 4 +---
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
index a16b46c..4b810ed 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
@@ -498,9 +498,7 @@ wl_iw_get_range(struct net_device *dev,
list = (wl_u32_list_t *) channels;

dwrq->length = sizeof(struct iw_range);
- memset(range, 0, sizeof(range));
-
- range->min_nwid = range->max_nwid = 0;
+ memset(range, 0, sizeof(*range));

list->count = cpu_to_le32(MAXCHANNEL);
error = dev_wlc_ioctl(dev, WLC_GET_VALID_CHANNELS, channels,




2011-05-10 10:07:16

by Roland Vossen

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: brcm80211: brcmfmac: Fix memset using sizeof(ptr) not sizeof(*ptr)

Nice catch!

Acked-by: Roland Vossen <[email protected]>

On 05/09/2011 05:51 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> Found via coccinelle script
>
> @@
> type T;
> T* ptr;
> expression E1;
> @@
>
> * memset(E1, 0, sizeof(ptr));
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches<[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c | 4 +---
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
> index a16b46c..4b810ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
> @@ -498,9 +498,7 @@ wl_iw_get_range(struct net_device *dev,
> list = (wl_u32_list_t *) channels;
>
> dwrq->length = sizeof(struct iw_range);
> - memset(range, 0, sizeof(range));
> -
> - range->min_nwid = range->max_nwid = 0;
> + memset(range, 0, sizeof(*range));
>
> list->count = cpu_to_le32(MAXCHANNEL);
> error = dev_wlc_ioctl(dev, WLC_GET_VALID_CHANNELS, channels,
>
>
>