The advantage of kcalloc is, that will prevent integer overflows which could result from the multiplication of number of elements and size and it is also a bit nicer to read. The semantic patch that makes this change is available in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/25/107 Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c 2011-11-28 19:36:47.956780228 +0100 +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c 2011-11-28 20:04:07.554064368 +0100 @@ -821,8 +821,8 @@ static void adjust_hpsa_scsi_table(struc int nadded, nremoved; struct Scsi_Host *sh = NULL; - added = kzalloc(sizeof(*added) * HPSA_MAX_DEVICES, GFP_KERNEL); - removed = kzalloc(sizeof(*removed) * HPSA_MAX_DEVICES, GFP_KERNEL); + added = kcalloc(HPSA_MAX_DEVICES, sizeof(*added), GFP_KERNEL); + removed = kcalloc(HPSA_MAX_DEVICES, sizeof(*removed), GFP_KERNEL); if (!added || !removed) { dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, "out of memory in " @@ -994,8 +994,8 @@ static int hpsa_allocate_sg_chain_blocks if (h->chainsize <= 0) return 0; - h->cmd_sg_list = kzalloc(sizeof(*h->cmd_sg_list) * h->nr_cmds, - GFP_KERNEL); + h->cmd_sg_list = kcalloc(h->nr_cmds, sizeof(*h->cmd_sg_list), + GFP_KERNEL); if (!h->cmd_sg_list) return -ENOMEM; for (i = 0; i < h->nr_cmds; i++) { @@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ static void hpsa_update_scsi_devices(str int raid_ctlr_position; DECLARE_BITMAP(lunzerobits, HPSA_MAX_TARGETS_PER_CTLR); - currentsd = kzalloc(sizeof(*currentsd) * HPSA_MAX_DEVICES, GFP_KERNEL); + currentsd = kcalloc(HPSA_MAX_DEVICES, sizeof(*currentsd), GFP_KERNEL); physdev_list = kzalloc(reportlunsize, GFP_KERNEL); logdev_list = kzalloc(reportlunsize, GFP_KERNEL); tmpdevice = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmpdevice), GFP_KERNEL); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
