From: Alexander Kuleshov Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 13:44:54 +0000 (+0600) Subject: x86/boot: Use proper array element type in memset() size calculation X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a91bbe017552b80e12d712c85549b933a62c6ed4;p=linux-beck.git x86/boot: Use proper array element type in memset() size calculation I changed open coded zeroing loops to explicit memset()s in the following commit: 5e9ebbd87a99 ("x86/boot: Micro-optimize reset_early_page_tables()") The base for the size argument of memset was sizeof(pud_p/pmd_p), which are pointers - but the initialized array has pud_t/pmd_t elements. Luckily the two types had the same size, so this did not result in any runtime misbehavior. Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov Cc: Alexander Popov Cc: Andrey Ryabinin Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455025494-4063-1-git-send-email-kuleshovmail@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c index 35843caa4ea7..7793a1702204 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ again: } pud_p = (pudval_t *)early_dynamic_pgts[next_early_pgt++]; - memset(pud_p, 0, sizeof(pud_p) * PTRS_PER_PUD); + memset(pud_p, 0, sizeof(*pud_p) * PTRS_PER_PUD); *pgd_p = (pgdval_t)pud_p - __START_KERNEL_map + phys_base + _KERNPG_TABLE; } pud_p += pud_index(address); @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ again: } pmd_p = (pmdval_t *)early_dynamic_pgts[next_early_pgt++]; - memset(pmd_p, 0, sizeof(pmd_p) * PTRS_PER_PMD); + memset(pmd_p, 0, sizeof(*pmd_p) * PTRS_PER_PMD); *pud_p = (pudval_t)pmd_p - __START_KERNEL_map + phys_base + _KERNPG_TABLE; } pmd = (physaddr & PMD_MASK) + early_pmd_flags;