Re: [PATCH 1/5] fs/ntfs3: Use kmalloc_array over kmalloc with multiply

[Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2021-08-31 at 21:15 +0300, Kari Argillander wrote:
> If we do not use kmalloc_array we get checkpatch warning. It is also
> little safer if something goes wrong with coding.
[]
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
[]
> @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static struct NTFS_DE *hdr_find_e(const struct ntfs_index *indx,
>  		u16 *ptr;
>  		int new_slots = ALIGN(2 * nslots, 8);
>  
> 
> -		ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(u16) * new_slots, GFP_NOFS);
> +		ptr = kmalloc_array(new_slots, sizeof(u16), GFP_NOFS);
>  		if (ptr)
>  			memcpy(ptr, offs, sizeof(u16) * max_idx);

This multiplication could also overflow.

Maybe use krealloc?