[PATCH] sched/debug: fix noderef.cocci warnings

Valentin Schneider valentin.schneider at arm.com
Wed Aug 12 14:52:07 EDT 2020


On 12/08/20 18:59, kernel test robot wrote:
> From: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
>
> kernel/sched/debug.c:272:30-36: 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: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> ---
>
> url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Valentin-Schneider/sched-Instrument-sched-domain-flags/20200812-205638
> base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git 949bcb8135a96a6923e676646bd29cbe69e8350f
>
>  debug.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int sd_ctl_doflags(struct ctl_tab
>               return 0;
>       }
>
> -	tmp = kcalloc(data_size + 1, sizeof(tmp), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	tmp = kcalloc(data_size + 1, sizeof(*tmp), GFP_KERNEL);

Praised be coccinelle for rubbing in my face that I can't write code; also
I'm not even checking if the allocation succeeded which is clearly daft,
even if this is debug stuff. I'll blame the heat and try to move on...

>       for_each_set_bit(idx, &flags, __SD_FLAG_CNT) {
>               char *name = sd_flag_debug[idx].name;
>



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