linux-kernel - Re: GPU-DRM-GMA500: Use kmalloc_array() in mid_get_vbt_data

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Message-ID: <947cb23d-ee5a-b1cb-8699-f38a1478d58d@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:30:26 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Patrik Jakobsson <patrik.r.jakobsson@...il.com>
Cc:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: GPU-DRM-GMA500: Use kmalloc_array() in mid_get_vbt_data_r10()

>> 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.
> 
> Did you test this running on the hardware?

No. - My "test computer" does not provide the corresponding hardware for the
affected driver source files.

Regards,
Markus