linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ATM-iphase: Use kmalloc_array() in tx

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Date:   Fri, 09 Sep 2016 21:01:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net
Cc:     linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        3chas3@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, julia.lawall@...6.fr,
        pbonzini@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ATM-iphase: Use kmalloc_array() in tx_init()

From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 20:42:16 +0200

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 20:40:16 +0200
> 
> * Multiplications for the size determination of memory allocations
>   indicated that array data structures should be processed.
>   Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array".
> 
>   This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> * Replace the specification of data types 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>

Applied.