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

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Message-ID: <20111207085645.GL32368@legolas.emea.dhcp.ti.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:56:46 +0200
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
Cc:	balbi@...com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: storage: Use kcalloc instead of kzalloc to
 allocate array

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:08:00PM +0100, Thomas Meyer 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>

applied, thanks

-- 
balbi

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