linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fuse: Use kcalloc instead of kzalloc to allocate array

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Date:	Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:02:31 +0100
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
Cc:	fuse-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fuse: Use kcalloc instead of kzalloc to allocate array

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de> wrote:
> The advantage of kcalloc is, that will prevent integer overflows which could
> result from the multiplication of number of elements and size and it is also
> a bit nicer to read.
>
> The semantic patch that makes this change is available
> in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/25/107
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>

Thanks,  applied.

Miklos
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