[PATCH] Misuse of sizeof
From: Giangiacomo Mariotti
Date: Sat Dec 13 2008 - 11:31:23 EST
IMO there's a bug in the use of sizeof in /arch/x86/boot/main.c, it's
also a strange style.
From 473bf306f25b05b1516164cbbf7bd0831133275a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MisterIO <mrio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:19:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] misuse of sizeof
---
arch/x86/boot/main.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main.c b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
index 197421d..ecd87cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ static void copy_boot_params(void)
const struct old_cmdline * const oldcmd =
(const struct old_cmdline *)OLD_CL_ADDRESS;
- BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof boot_params != 4096);
- memcpy(&boot_params.hdr, &hdr, sizeof hdr);
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(boot_params) != 4096);
+ memcpy(&boot_params.hdr, &hdr, sizeof(hdr));
if (!boot_params.hdr.cmd_line_ptr &&
oldcmd->cl_magic == OLD_CL_MAGIC) {
--
1.6.0.4