linux-kernel - Re: kmallocs with swapped parameters in fs/dlm/lock.c

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1107111032490.4462@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:33:20 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
cc:	teigland@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kmallocs with swapped parameters in fs/dlm/lock.c

On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:

> * Jesper Juhl (jj@...osbits.net) wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Jul 2011, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi David,
> > >   Sparse spotted a couple of places in fs/dlm/lock.c where the size/flags
> > > parameters to kmalloc got swapped:
> > > 
> > [...]
> > > Jesper:
> > >   I noticed in your patch:
> > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/2/90
> > > 
> > > where you had done a kmalloc->kzalloc transform you kept the swap.
> > > 
> > > This looks like new code in 3.0rc so I don't think you could quite
> > > call it a regression, but it should probably be fixed fairly quickly
> > > I guess.
> > > 
> > D'oh, I completely overlooked that.
> 
> No problem.
> 
> > Thank you for noticing and letting me know. I've just submitted an updated 
> > patch.
> 
> Great - it's probably worth you fixing the 2nd case in the same file
> in the same patch, rather than just the one that you were changing
> anyway?
> 
I guess so. I'll update my patch later this evening when I get home from 
work.

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