Checkpatch doesn't like kmalloc with multiply very much: drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c:1377: WARNING: Prefer kmalloc_array over kmalloc with multiply So this patch swaps that use out for kmalloc_array instead. Signed-off-by: Chase Southwood <chase.southwood@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c index 381ae94..13ed31c 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c @@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ static int das1800_attach(struct comedi_device *dev, if (dev->irq & it->options[2]) das1800_init_dma(dev, it); - devpriv->fifo_buf = kmalloc(FIFO_SIZE * sizeof(uint16_t), GFP_KERNEL); + devpriv->fifo_buf = kmalloc_array(FIFO_SIZE, sizeof(uint16_t), GFP_KERNEL); if (!devpriv->fifo_buf) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.2.2 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel