2020-06-20 05:01:14

by Gustavo A. R. Silva

Subject: [PATCH][next] block: bio: Use struct_size() in kmalloc()

Make use of the struct_size() helper instead of an open-coded version
in order to avoid any potential type mistakes.

This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle and, audited and
fixed manually.

Addresses-KSPP-ID: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/83
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
---
block/bio.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index a7366c02c9b5..fb5533416fa6 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -444,9 +444,7 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int nr_iovecs,
if (nr_iovecs > UIO_MAXIOV)
return NULL;

- p = kmalloc(sizeof(struct bio) +
- nr_iovecs * sizeof(struct bio_vec),
- gfp_mask);
+ p = kmalloc(struct_size(bio, bi_inline_vecs, nr_iovecs), gfp_mask);
front_pad = 0;
inline_vecs = nr_iovecs;
} else {
--
2.27.0

2020-06-20 21:26:09

by Jens Axboe

Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] block: bio: Use struct_size() in kmalloc()

On 6/19/20 6:49 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Make use of the struct_size() helper instead of an open-coded version
> in order to avoid any potential type mistakes.
>
> This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle and, audited and
> fixed manually.

Applied, thanks.

--
Jens Axboe