netdev - Re: [PATCH] ionic_lif: Use devm_kcalloc() in ionic_qcq

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Date:   Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:20:22 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>, snelson@...sando.io,
        drivers@...sando.io, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ionic_lif: Use devm_kcalloc() in ionic_qcq_alloc()

On Mon, 2020-08-10 at 02:38 +0000, Xu Wang wrote:
> A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation
> indicated that an array data structure should be processed.
> Thus use the corresponding function "devm_kcalloc".
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
[]
> @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int type,
>  
>  	new->flags = flags;
>  
> -	new->q.info = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*new->q.info) * num_descs,
> +	new->q.info = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_descs, sizeof(*new->q.info),
>  				   GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!new->q.info) {
>  		netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Cannot allocate queue info\n");

You could also remove these unnecessary allocation error messages.
There is an existing dump_stack() on allocation failure.

> @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static int ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int type,
>  		new->intr.index = IONIC_INTR_INDEX_NOT_ASSIGNED;
>  	}
>  
> -	new->cq.info = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*new->cq.info) * num_descs,
> +	new->cq.info = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_descs, sizeof(*new->cq.info),
>  				    GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!new->cq.info) {
>  		netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Cannot allocate completion queue info\n");