linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: use kcalloc instead of kzalloc

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1408191041020.1513-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:41:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Arjun Sreedharan <arjun024@...il.com>
cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: use kcalloc instead of kzalloc

On Tue, 19 Aug 2014, Arjun Sreedharan wrote:

> kcalloc has protection from integer overflows
> which could arise from the multiplication of
> number of elements and size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arjun Sreedharan <arjun024@...il.com>

As Clemens pointed out, integer overflows cannot occur here.  This 
patch is not needed.

Alan Stern

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