linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: fnic: Replace vmalloc() + memset() with vzalloc() and use array

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:42:22 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     "Satish Kharat (satishkh)" <satishkh@...co.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        "Sesidhar Baddela (sebaddel)" <sebaddel@...co.com>,
        "Karan Tilak Kumar (kartilak)" <kartilak@...co.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:     "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: fnic: Replace vmalloc() + memset() with
 vzalloc() and use array_size()

On Tue, 2020-06-16 at 00:19 +0000, Satish Kharat (satishkh) wrote:
> Reviewed-by: Satish Kharat <satishkh@...co.com>
> 
> 
> On 6/15/20, 3:49 PM, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
>     Use vzalloc() instead of the vmalloc() and memset. Also, use array_size()
>     instead of the open-coded version.
>     
>     This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle and, audited and fixed
>     manually.
>     
>     Addresses-KSPP-ID: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/83
>     Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
>     ---
>      drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_trace.c | 16 ++++------------
>      1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>     
>     diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_trace.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_trace.c
[]
>     @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ int fnic_trace_buf_init(void)
>      	}
>      
>      	fnic_trace_entries.page_offset =
>     -		vmalloc(array_size(fnic_max_trace_entries,
>     +		vzalloc(array_size(fnic_max_trace_entries,
>      				   sizeof(unsigned long)));

Perhaps better as
		kvcalloc(fnic_max_trace_entries, sizeof(unsigned long),
			 GFP_KERNEL);