Re: [PATCH linux-next] clk/keystone: fix application of sizeof to pointer

[Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>]

On 19:20-20210819, jing yangyang wrote:
> sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of
> the pointer.
> 
> ./drivers/clk/keystone/sci-clk.c:398:8-14: 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>
> ---
>  drivers/clk/keystone/sci-clk.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/keystone/sci-clk.c b/drivers/clk/keystone/sci-clk.c
> index 7e1b136..010a61a 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/keystone/sci-clk.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/keystone/sci-clk.c
> @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static struct clk_hw *sci_clk_get(struct of_phandle_args *clkspec, void *data)
>  	key.clk_id = clkspec->args[1];
>  
>  	clk = bsearch(&key, provider->clocks, provider->num_clocks,
> -		      sizeof(clk), _cmp_sci_clk);
> +		      sizeof(*clk), _cmp_sci_clk);

I am trying to understand this.. bsearch uses base + size to do
iteration, provider is sci_clk_provider ->num_clocks is struct sci_clk
** same as clk. iteration is done on provider->clocks .. not on *clk,
am I missing something? or is it one of those testing patches?

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Nishanth Menon
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