Open coded arithmetic in allocator arguments is discouraged. Helper functions like kcalloc or, in this case, kmalloc_array are preferred. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/efi/efibc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efibc.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efibc.c index 4f9fb086eab7b0e22252d22e59e5aae55865322d..0a7c764dcc614fbba3cbcd94183dc07939837a03 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efibc.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efibc.c @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int efibc_reboot_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *notifier, if (ret || !data) return NOTIFY_DONE; - wdata = kmalloc(MAX_DATA_LEN * sizeof(efi_char16_t), GFP_KERNEL); + wdata = kmalloc_array(MAX_DATA_LEN, sizeof(efi_char16_t), GFP_KERNEL); if (!wdata) return NOTIFY_DONE; --- base-commit: 0a2f889128969dab41861b6e40111aa03dc57014 change-id: 20250308-efibc-kmalloc_array-ba78097a0708 Best regards, -- Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
