Am 26.08.2016 20:02, schrieb SF Markus Elfring:
> From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:32:53 +0200
>
> * A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation
> indicated that an array data structure should be processed.
> Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array".
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> * Replace the specification of data structures by pointer dereferences
> to make the corresponding size determination a bit safer according to
> the Linux coding style convention.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c
> index 85d0951..c7f9eea 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c
> +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c
> @@ -474,12 +474,12 @@ void __init sn_irq_lh_init(void)
> {
> int i;
>
> - sn_irq_lh = kmalloc(sizeof(struct list_head *) * NR_IRQS, GFP_KERNEL);
> + sn_irq_lh = kmalloc_array(NR_IRQS, sizeof(*sn_irq_lh), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!sn_irq_lh)
> panic("SN PCI INIT: Failed to allocate memory for PCI init\n");
>
> for (i = 0; i < NR_IRQS; i++) {
> - sn_irq_lh[i] = kmalloc(sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
> + sn_irq_lh[i] = kmalloc(*sn_irq_lh[i], GFP_KERNEL);
perhaps a sizeof(*sn_irq_lh[i]) is here intended ?
re,
wh
> if (!sn_irq_lh[i])
> panic("SN PCI INIT: Failed IRQ memory allocation\n");
>
