From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 17:28:13 +0200 * A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation indicated that an array data structure should be processed. Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array". This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. * Replace the specification of a data structure 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/events/intel/cqm.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c index 783c49d..ec61522 100644 --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c @@ -1651,8 +1651,9 @@ static int intel_mbm_init(void) goto out; } - array_size = sizeof(struct hrtimer) * mbm_socket_max; - mbm_timers = kmalloc(array_size, GFP_KERNEL); + mbm_timers = kmalloc_array(mbm_socket_max, + sizeof(*mbm_timers), + GFP_KERNEL); if (!mbm_timers) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto out; -- 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