The patch titled lru_cache-use-correct-type-in-sizeof-for-allocation-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lru_cache-use-correct-type-in-sizeof-for-allocation-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: lru_cache-use-correct-type-in-sizeof-for-allocation-fix From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> use kcalloc() Cc: Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lars Ellenberg <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/lru_cache.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN lib/lru_cache.c~lru_cache-use-correct-type-in-sizeof-for-allocation-fix lib/lru_cache.c --- a/lib/lru_cache.c~lru_cache-use-correct-type-in-sizeof-for-allocation-fix +++ a/lib/lru_cache.c @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ struct lru_cache *lc_create(const char * if (e_count > LC_MAX_ACTIVE) return NULL; - slot = kzalloc(e_count * sizeof(struct hlist_head), GFP_KERNEL); + slot = kcalloc(e_count, sizeof(struct hlist_head), GFP_KERNEL); if (!slot) goto out_fail; element = kzalloc(e_count * sizeof(struct lc_element *), GFP_KERNEL); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch next-remove-localversion.patch i-need-old-gcc.patch arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch drivers-i2c-busses-i2c-designware-corec-needs-delayh.patch fs-partitions-ldmc-fix-oops-caused-by-corrupted-partition-table-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm-add-vm-counters-for-transparent-hugepages.patch arch-x86-include-asm-delayh-fix-udelay-and-ndelay-for-8-bit-args.patch drivers-gpu-drm-radeon-atomc-fix-warning.patch leds-route-kbd-leds-through-the-generic-leds-layer.patch backlight-add-backlight-type-fix.patch backlight-add-backlight-type-fix-fix.patch drivers-message-fusion-mptsasc-fix-warning.patch drbd-fix-warning.patch mm.patch mm-nommu-sort-mm-mmap-list-properly-fix.patch frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03-checkpatch-fixes.patch hpet-factor-timer-allocate-from-open.patch arch-alpha-include-asm-ioh-s-extern-inline-static-inline.patch lru_cache-use-correct-type-in-sizeof-for-allocation-fix.patch lib-hexdumpc-make-hex2bin-return-the-updated-src-address.patch fs-binfmt_miscc-use-kernels-hex_to_bin-method-fix.patch fs-binfmt_miscc-use-kernels-hex_to_bin-method-fix-fix.patch rtc-driver-for-pt7c4338-chip-checkpatch-fixes.patch rtc-driver-for-pt7c4338-chip-fix.patch mm-move-enum-vm_event_item-into-a-standalone-header-file.patch add-the-pagefault-count-into-memcg-stats-fix.patch scatterlist-new-helper-functions.patch scatterlist-new-helper-functions-update-fix.patch kexec-remove-kmsg_dump_kexec-fix.patch journal_add_journal_head-debug.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-fix.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch put_bh-debug.patch memblock-add-input-size-checking-to-memblock_find_region.patch memblock-add-input-size-checking-to-memblock_find_region-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html