linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: sun6i: Use struct

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Date:   Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:01:11 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: sun6i: Use struct_size() in kzalloc()



On 8/23/18 3:56 PM, Kees Cook wrote:

>>
>> -       clk_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*clk_data) + (sizeof(*clk_data->hws) * 2),
>> -                          GFP_KERNEL);
>> +       clk_data = kzalloc(struct_size(clk_data, hws, 2), GFP_KERNEL);
>>         if (!clk_data) {
>>                 kfree(rtc);
>>                 return;
> 
> This looks like entirely correct to me, but I'm surprised the
> Coccinelle script didn't discover this. I guess the isomorphisms don't
> cover the parenthesis?
> 

Apparently.

If I manually remove the ()s, the cocci script successfully generates a patch.

--
Gustavo