linux-kernel - Re: Input-gameport: Use kmalloc_array() in joydump

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Message-ID: <fc3b7c3c-74b6-4821-4b5a-f6d7b51868a7@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:04:18 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: Input-gameport: Use kmalloc_array() in joydump_connect()

>> * 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".
>>
> 
> -ENOPARSE.

Do you find an other wording better?


The script "checkpatch.pl" can point information out like the following.

WARNING: Prefer kmalloc_array over kmalloc with multiply


Regards,
Markus