linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/efi: Use kmalloc_array() in efi_call_phys

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Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:40:45 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/efi: Use kmalloc_array() in efi_call_phys_prolog()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:34:03 +0200

* A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation
  indicated that an array data structure should be processed.
  Thus reuse the corresponding function "kmalloc_array".

  This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

* Replace the specification of a data type by a pointer dereference
  to make the corresponding size determination a bit safer according to
  the Linux coding style convention.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
index 677e29e..311022a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pgd_t * __init efi_call_phys_prolog(void)
 	early_code_mapping_set_exec(1);
 
 	n_pgds = DIV_ROUND_UP((max_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT), PGDIR_SIZE);
-	save_pgd = kmalloc(n_pgds * sizeof(pgd_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	save_pgd = kmalloc_array(n_pgds, sizeof(*save_pgd), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	for (pgd = 0; pgd < n_pgds; pgd++) {
 		save_pgd[pgd] = *pgd_offset_k(pgd * PGDIR_SIZE);
-- 
2.9.3