From: Gustavo A R Silva <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]> --- 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 a3dc9b932946..36cb8e068e85 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)); } /** -- 2.15.0
