From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:28:04 +0100 A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation indicated that an array data structure should be processed. Thus reuse the corresponding function "kcalloc". This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c index 656dd3e3220c..8c05f27bf642 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ int spi_register_board_info(struct spi_board_info const *info, unsigned n) if (!n) return -EINVAL; - bi = kzalloc(n * sizeof(*bi), GFP_KERNEL); + bi = kcalloc(n, sizeof(*bi), GFP_KERNEL); if (!bi) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.11.0 -- 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