Re: [PATCH 01/18] [media] RedRat3: Use kcalloc() in two functions

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On Thu, 2016-10-13 at 18:18 +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
[]
> @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static void redrat3_get_firmware_rev(struct redrat3_dev *rr3)
>  	int rc = 0;
>  	char *buffer;
>  
> -	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(char) * (RR3_FW_VERSION_LEN + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	buffer = kcalloc(RR3_FW_VERSION_LEN + 1, sizeof(*buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!buffer) {
>  		dev_err(rr3->dev, "Memory allocation failure\n");
>  		return;,

Markus, please stop being _so_ mechanical and use your
brain a little too.  By definition, sizeof(char) == 1.

This _really_ should be kzalloc(RR3_FW_VERSION_LEN + 1,...)

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