linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] memory: atmel-ebi: Use struct_size() in devm

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Date:   Thu, 23 Aug 2018 19:56:55 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memory: atmel-ebi: Use struct_size() in devm_kzalloc()

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 6:07 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva
<gustavo@...eddedor.com> wrote:
> One of the more common cases of allocation size calculations is finding
> the size of a structure that has a zero-sized array at the end, along
> with memory for some number of elements for that array. For example:
>
> struct foo {
>         int stuff;
>         void *entry[];
> };
>
> instance = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct foo) + sizeof(void *) * count, GFP_KERNEL);
>
> Instead of leaving these open-coded and prone to type mistakes, we can
> now use the new struct_size() helper:
>
> instance = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(instance, entry, count), GFP_KERNEL);
>
> This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

> ---
>  drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c b/drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c
> index b907865..c3748b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c
> +++ b/drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c
> @@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ static int atmel_ebi_dev_setup(struct atmel_ebi *ebi, struct device_node *np,
>                 return -EINVAL;
>         }
>
> -       ebid = devm_kzalloc(ebi->dev,
> -                           sizeof(*ebid) + (numcs * sizeof(*ebid->configs)),
> +       ebid = devm_kzalloc(ebi->dev, struct_size(ebid, configs, numcs),
>                             GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!ebid)
>                 return -ENOMEM;
> --
> 2.7.4
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security