linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watch_queue: fix kcalloc() arguments order

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:13:30 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@...dex.ru>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watch_queue: fix kcalloc() arguments order

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:01:21 +0300, Dmitry Antipov wrote:
> When compiling with gcc version 14.0.0 20231220 (experimental)
> and W=1, I've noticed the following warning:
> 
> kernel/watch_queue.c: In function 'watch_queue_set_size':
> kernel/watch_queue.c:273:32: warning: 'kcalloc' sizes specified with 'sizeof'
> in the earlier argument and not in the later argument [-Wcalloc-transposed-args]
>   273 |         pages = kcalloc(sizeof(struct page *), nr_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
>       |                                ^~~~~~
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/1] watch_queue: fix kcalloc() arguments order
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/770bedae3662