linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/grant-table: Use kmalloc_array() in arch_gnttab

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Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:48:15 +0100
From:   David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/grant-table: Use kmalloc_array() in
 arch_gnttab_valloc()

On 25/08/16 12:30, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:23:06 +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.

Applied to for-linus-4.9, thanks.

David