[PATCH][2.2.27-rc2] memset usage fix

[PATCH][2.2.27-rc2] memset usage fix

[Vinay K Nallamothu]

Hi Marc,

Using Dave Jones memset script to detect swapped arguments, I found two
such instances. Patch attached.

Thanks
Vinay

 nubus/nubus.c |    2 +-
 usb/dabusb.c  |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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diff -urN linux-2.2.26/drivers/usb/dabusb.c linux-2.2.26-m/drivers/usb/dabusb.c
--- linux-2.2.26/drivers/usb/dabusb.c	2001-11-02 22:09:08.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.2.26-m/drivers/usb/dabusb.c	2005-03-31 17:03:23.335520936 +0530
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 			err("kmalloc(sizeof(buff_t))==NULL");
 			goto err;
 		}
-		memset (b, sizeof (buff_t), 0);
+		memset (b, 0, sizeof (buff_t));
 		b->s = s;
 		b->purb = usb_alloc_urb(packets);
 		if (!b->purb) {
diff -urN linux-2.2.26/drivers/nubus/nubus.c linux-2.2.26-m/drivers/nubus/nubus.c
--- linux-2.2.26/drivers/nubus/nubus.c	2001-03-25 22:01:42.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.2.26-m/drivers/nubus/nubus.c	2005-03-31 17:02:40.908970752 +0530
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
 		/* Now clobber the whole thing */
 		if (size > sizeof(mode) - 1)
 			size = sizeof(mode) - 1;
-		memset(&mode, sizeof(mode), 0);
+		memset(&mode, 0, sizeof(mode));
 		nubus_get_rsrc_mem(&mode, &ent, size);
 		printk (KERN_INFO "      %02X: (%02X) %s\n", ent.type,
 			mode.id, mode.name);

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