Re: [PATCH] HID: lg: fix noderef.cocci warnings

From: Benjamin Tissoires
Date: Mon Nov 21 2016 - 09:17:45 EST


On Nov 21 2016 or thereabouts, kbuild test robot wrote:
> drivers/hid/hid-lg.c:780:47-53: ERROR: application of sizeof to pointer
>
> sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of
> the pointer
>
> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/misc/noderef.cocci
>
> CC: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> hid-lg.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-lg.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-lg.c
> @@ -777,8 +777,10 @@ static int lg_probe(struct hid_device *h
> buf[1] = 0xB2;
> get_random_bytes(&buf[2], 2);
>
> - ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, buf[0], buf, sizeof(buf),
> - HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
> + ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, buf[0], buf,
> + sizeof(*buf),

This is wrong. I messed up and should have used "sizeof(cbuf)", but the
coccinelle script failed at detecting the correct solution (I guess it
couldn't).

Jiri, do you want me to send a v2 of the series or will you just amend
the patch while applying?

Cheers,
Benjamin

> + HID_FEATURE_REPORT,
> + HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
> }
> kfree(buf);
> }