On 25/08/2016 11:17, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:00:05 +0200 > > * A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation > indicated that an array data structure should be processed. > Thus reuse the corresponding function "kmalloc_array". > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > * Replace the specification of a data type by a pointer dereference > to make the corresponding size determination a bit safer according to > the Linux coding style convention. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c > index 79d8ec8..0bc831d 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c > @@ -1901,7 +1901,7 @@ static ssize_t mce_chrdev_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, > unsigned prev, next; > int i, err; > > - cpu_tsc = kmalloc(nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(long), GFP_KERNEL); > + cpu_tsc = kmalloc_array(nr_cpu_ids, sizeof(*cpu_tsc), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!cpu_tsc) > return -ENOMEM; > > Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> I think you can post the patches with a larger granularity (e.g. one for all of arch/x86/kernel). Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html