[PATCH linux-next] tools/tracing: fix application of sizeof to pointer

From: CGEL
Date: Fri Aug 20 2021 - 02:02:42 EST


From: jing yangyang <jing.yangyang@xxxxxxxxxx>

sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of
the pointer.

./tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c:1541:10-16:ERROR application of sizeof to pointer

This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: jing yangyang <jing.yangyang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c b/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
index 3a2e6bb..64d531d 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ static void tracing_loop(void)
mutex_lock(&print_mtx);
check_signals();
write_or_die(fd_stdout, queue_full_warning,
- sizeof(queue_full_warning));
+ sizeof(*queue_full_warning));
mutex_unlock(&print_mtx);
}
modified--;
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1.8.3.1