linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] IA64-IRQ: Use kmalloc_array() in sn_irq_lh

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Message-ID: <57C153D0.3010309@bfs.de>
Date:   Sat, 27 Aug 2016 10:48:16 +0200
From:   walter harms <wharms@....de>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
CC:     linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] IA64-IRQ: Use kmalloc_array() in sn_irq_lh_init()



Am 26.08.2016 20:02, schrieb SF Markus Elfring:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:32:53 +0200
> 
> * A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation
>   indicated that an array data structure should be processed.
>   Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array".
> 
>   This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> * Replace the specification of data structures by pointer dereferences
>   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/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c
> index 85d0951..c7f9eea 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c
> +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c
> @@ -474,12 +474,12 @@ void __init sn_irq_lh_init(void)
>  {
>  	int i;
>  
> -	sn_irq_lh = kmalloc(sizeof(struct list_head *) * NR_IRQS, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	sn_irq_lh = kmalloc_array(NR_IRQS, sizeof(*sn_irq_lh), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!sn_irq_lh)
>  		panic("SN PCI INIT: Failed to allocate memory for PCI init\n");
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < NR_IRQS; i++) {
> -		sn_irq_lh[i] = kmalloc(sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		sn_irq_lh[i] = kmalloc(*sn_irq_lh[i], GFP_KERNEL);

perhaps a sizeof(*sn_irq_lh[i]) is here intended ?

re,
 wh

>  		if (!sn_irq_lh[i])
>  			panic("SN PCI INIT: Failed IRQ memory allocation\n");
>