On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:08:00 +0100 Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > The advantage of kcalloc is, that will prevent integer overflows which could > result from the multiplication of number of elements and size and it is also > a bit nicer to read. > > The semantic patch that makes this change is available > in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/25/107 > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> > --- > > diff -u -p a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c > --- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c 2011-11-13 11:07:56.343959560 +0100 > +++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c 2011-11-28 19:47:15.006997976 +0100 > @@ -2140,7 +2140,7 @@ cifs_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata > goto async_writev_out; > > /* 1 iov per page + 1 for header */ > - iov = kzalloc((wdata->nr_pages + 1) * sizeof(*iov), GFP_NOFS); > + iov = kcalloc(wdata->nr_pages + 1, sizeof(*iov), GFP_NOFS); > if (iov == NULL) { > rc = -ENOMEM; > goto async_writev_out; > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Looks correct. Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
