From: jing yangyang jing.yangyang@zte.com.cn
sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the pointer.
./tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c:344:36-42: ERROR application of sizeof to pointer
This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
Reported-by: Zeal Robot zealci@zte.com.cn Signed-off-by: jing yangyang jing.yangyang@zte.com.cn --- tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c index 1af16d2..54bf57f 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void split_file_backed_thp(void) }
/* write something to the file, so a file-backed THP can be allocated */ - num_written = write(fd, tmpfs_loc, sizeof(tmpfs_loc)); + num_written = write(fd, tmpfs_loc, sizeof(*tmpfs_loc)); close(fd);
if (num_written < 1) {