linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: erofs: xattr.c change kzalloc to kcalloc

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Message-ID: <d042624b-5c65-451f-b6b5-c84e793e472f@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:42:43 +0800
From: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>,
 Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@...ancedwards.com>,
 "xiang@...nel.org" <xiang@...nel.org>
Cc: chao@...nel.org,
 "linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
 "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: erofs: xattr.c change kzalloc to kcalloc

On 12/23/24 11:32, Gao Xiang wrote:
> On 2024/12/23 11:00, Ethan Carter Edwards wrote:
>>  From 272d7ef4611e64269fada0ea3021eece590118b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@...ancedwards.com>
>> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 21:23:56 -0500
>> Subject: [PATCH] fs: erofs: xattr.c change kzalloc to kcalloc
>>
>> Refactor xattr.c to use kcalloc instead of kzalloc when multiplying
>> allocation size by count. This refactor prevents unintentional
>> memory overflows. Discovered by checkpatch.pl.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@...ancedwards.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>

Thanks,