linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: Add patch to use kcalloc instead of kzalloc for array allocations

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Date:	Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:42:33 +0100
From:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
To:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
CC:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <npalix.work@...il.com>, cocci@...u.dk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: Add patch to use kcalloc instead of kzalloc
 for array allocations

On 11/29/2011 07:42 PM, Thomas Meyer wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 25.11.2011, 15:46 +0100 schrieb Lars-Peter Clausen:
>> This patch adds a coccinelle patch to convert array allocations which use
>> kzalloc to kcalloc. The advantage of kcalloc is, that will take care of
>> integer overflows which could result from the multiplication and it is also
>> nicer to read.
> 
> Hi Lars,
> 
> I did run your kcalloc spatch against 3.2-rc3. are you okay with if I
> send the diffs to the LKML?
> 

Sure.

Thanks
- Lars
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