linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: pxa: Use kmalloc_array() in pxa_pm

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Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:59:48 +0200
From:   Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        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] ARM: pxa: Use kmalloc_array() in pxa_pm_init()

SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> writes:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:01:37 +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 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>
Queued to pxa/for-next, thanks.

Cheers.

--
Robert