linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: x509 - Replace kmalloc() + NUL-termination with kzalloc()

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Message-ID: <Z_NEMpXznpe4Qniq@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 11:19:14 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: x509 - Replace kmalloc() + NUL-termination with
 kzalloc()

On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 11:48:41AM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Use kzalloc() to zero out the one-element array instead of using
> kmalloc() followed by a manual NUL-termination.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> ---
>  crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

We have a new maintainer for crypto/asymmetric_keys, please make
sure he is CCed on these patches:

ASYMMETRIC KEYS
M:      David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
M:      Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
M:      Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com>

Thanks,
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