linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] pinctrl: mvebu: Use kmalloc_array() in mvebu_pinctrl_dt_node_to

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZomMeQ4miW9nC=oUVGkHsKEgZCoWQM9Bzce7PVq5Pjwg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:54:17 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] pinctrl: mvebu: Use kmalloc_array() in mvebu_pinctrl_dt_node_to_map()

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 5:31 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:00:15 +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>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij