netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/netfilter/x_tables.c: Use kvalloc to make your code better

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Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:12:13 +0100
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     lizhe <sensor1010@....com>
Cc:     pablo@...filter.org, kadlec@...filter.org, fw@...len.de,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/netfilter/x_tables.c: Use kvalloc to make your code
 better

lizhe <sensor1010@....com> wrote:
> Use kvzalloc () instead of kvmalloc () and memset
> 
> Signed-off-by: lizhe <sensor1010@....com>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/x_tables.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
> index 25524e393349..8d6ffed7d526 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
> @@ -1189,11 +1189,10 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_info(unsigned int size)
>  	if (sz < sizeof(*info) || sz >= XT_MAX_TABLE_SIZE)
>  		return NULL;
>  
> -	info = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> +	info = kvzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
>  	if (!info)
>  		return NULL;
>  
> -	memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));

sz != sizeof(*info)