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drivers/net/sfc: Correct code taking the size of a pointer
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The function efx_iterate_state contains the code
memcpy(&payload->msg, payload_msg, sizeof(payload_msg));
This is the only use of payload_msg.  The type of payload_msg is
changed from a pointer to an array, so that the result of sizeof really is
the length of the string.

A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as
follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
expression *x;
expression f;
type T;
@@

*f(...,(T)x,...)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Julia Lawall authored and David S. Miller committed Dec 14, 2009
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion drivers/net/sfc/selftest.c
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Expand Up @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static const unsigned char payload_source[ETH_ALEN] = {
0x00, 0x0f, 0x53, 0x1b, 0x1b, 0x1b,
};

static const char *payload_msg =
static const char payload_msg[] =
"Hello world! This is an Efx loopback test in progress!";

/**
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