linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ath10k: use struct

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Message-Id: <20180828134320.5E6726044E@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:43:20 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        ath10k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: use struct_size() in kzalloc()

"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 = kzalloc(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 = kzalloc(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>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

06ae8dc00433 ath10k: use struct_size() in kzalloc()

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10574741/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches