linux-kernel - [PATCH] xfs: use kmalloc_array() instead of kmalloc() for map allocation

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Message-Id: <20251018194528.1871298-1-kriish.sharma2006@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 19:45:28 +0000
From: Kriish Sharma <kriish.sharma2006@...il.com>
To: Carlos Maiolino <cem@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
	skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
	david.hunter.linux@...il.com,
	Kriish Sharma <kriish.sharma2006@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xfs: use kmalloc_array() instead of kmalloc() for map allocation

Using kmalloc_array() better reflects the intent to allocate an array of
map entries, and improves consistency with similar allocations across the
kernel.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Kriish Sharma <kriish.sharma2006@...il.com>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
index 23ba84ec919a..34ec61e455ff 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ xfs_qm_reset_dqcounts_buf(
 	if (qip->i_nblocks == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	map = kmalloc(XFS_DQITER_MAP_SIZE * sizeof(*map),
+	map = kmalloc_array(XFS_DQITER_MAP_SIZE, sizeof(*map),
 			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	lblkno = 0;
-- 
2.34.1