>> * 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. > > Why!? How do you think about an information like the following from the well-known script "checkpatch.pl"? WARNING: Prefer kmalloc_array over kmalloc with multiply Would you like to suggest any more constraints for this kind of software refactoring? Regards, Markus -- 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
