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

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:27:19 +0800
From:   Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Harjani Ritesh <riteshh@...eaurora.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Cc:     shawn.lin@...k-chips.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] mmc-core: Use kmalloc_array() in mmc_alloc_sg()

On 2017/1/9 5:55, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 22:10:40 +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.
>

Reviewed-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>

> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/mmc/core/queue.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
> index a6496d8027bc..b1986622c60e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static struct scatterlist *mmc_alloc_sg(int sg_len, int *err)
>  {
>  	struct scatterlist *sg;
>
> -	sg = kmalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist)*sg_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	sg = kmalloc_array(sg_len, sizeof(*sg), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!sg)
>  		*err = -ENOMEM;
>  	else {
>


-- 
Best Regards
Shawn Lin