On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:45:23 +0200 > > Multiplications for the size determination of memory allocations > indicated that array data structures should be processed. > Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array". > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The use of kmalloc_array() introduces a duplicate of the size capping check that already exists in the code. However it seems that gcc is smart enough to figure that out and doesn't emit it twice. Note that I'm not implying that the existing check should be removed if this patch is applied though. Having it there makes the code clearer. But if this patch makes a Coccinelle script happier then ... Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c > index 5f221ac..e624db9 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c > @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_oabi_epoll_wait(int epfd, > return -EINVAL; > if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, events, sizeof(*events) * maxevents)) > return -EFAULT; > - kbuf = kmalloc(sizeof(*kbuf) * maxevents, GFP_KERNEL); > + kbuf = kmalloc_array(maxevents, sizeof(*kbuf), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!kbuf) > return -ENOMEM; > fs = get_fs(); > @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_oabi_semtimedop(int semid, > return -EINVAL; > if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, tsops, sizeof(*tsops) * nsops)) > return -EFAULT; > - sops = kmalloc(sizeof(*sops) * nsops, GFP_KERNEL); > + sops = kmalloc_array(nsops, sizeof(*sops), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!sops) > return -ENOMEM; > err = 0; > -- > 2.9.3 > > -- 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