linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] mmc-core: Use kmalloc_array() in mmc_test_area

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2017 19:31:42 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Chunyan Zhang <zhang.chunyan@...aro.org>
Cc:     "linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Harjani Ritesh <riteshh@...eaurora.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>,
        Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] mmc-core: Use kmalloc_array() in mmc_test_area_init()

On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 10:42 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 18:44:26 +0100
>
> * 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 structure 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>

Chunyan has been running this test code so she might have additional
insights to provide. I am not aware about anyone else really running the
tests, are there people who do it?

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij