linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Replace kzalloc with kcalloc

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Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:12:55 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Replace kzalloc with kcalloc

On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:34:08 -0600
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com> wrote:

> Replace kzalloc() function with its 2-factor argument form, kcalloc().
> 
> This patch replaces cases of:
> 
> 	kzalloc(a * b, gfp)
> 
> with:
> 	kcalloc(a * b, gfp)

I think you meant:

	kcalloc(a, b, gfp)

-- Steve

> 
> This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> index 9962cb5da8ac..57f0cbaf9c58 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg_body(char *arg, ssize_t *size,
>  			 parg->count);
>  	}
>  
> -	code = tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(*code) * FETCH_INSN_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	code = tmp = kcalloc(FETCH_INSN_MAX, sizeof(*code), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!code)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	code[FETCH_INSN_MAX - 1].op = FETCH_OP_END;
> @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg_body(char *arg, ssize_t *size,
>  	code->op = FETCH_OP_END;
>  
>  	/* Shrink down the code buffer */
> -	parg->code = kzalloc(sizeof(*code) * (code - tmp + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	parg->code = kcalloc(code - tmp + 1, sizeof(*code), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!parg->code)
>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
>  	else