Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751488AbaGJQqP (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:46:15 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]:56053 "EHLO mail-wi0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751149AbaGJQqN (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:46:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20140708223126.GA12035@himangi-Dell> References: <20140708223126.GA12035@himangi-Dell> From: Andreas Noever Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:45:49 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] thunderbolt: Use kcalloc and correct the argument to sizeof To: Himangi Saraogi Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , julia.lawall@lip6.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:31 AM, Himangi Saraogi wrote: > nhi->rx_rings does not have type as struct tb_ring *, as it is a double > pointer. So, the elements of the array should have pointer type, not > structure type. 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 Coccinelle semantic patch that makes the first change is as follows: > > // > @disable sizeof_type_expr@ > type T; > T **x; > @@ > > x = > <+...sizeof( > - T > + *x > )...+> > // > > Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi > Acked-by: Julia Lawall > --- > v2: Use kcalloc > v3: Add maintainer in To > drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c | 10 ++++------ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c > index 2054fbf..c68fe12 100644 > --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c > +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c > @@ -569,12 +569,10 @@ static int nhi_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id) > nhi->hop_count); > INIT_WORK(&nhi->interrupt_work, nhi_interrupt_work); > > - nhi->tx_rings = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, > - nhi->hop_count * sizeof(struct tb_ring), > - GFP_KERNEL); > - nhi->rx_rings = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, > - nhi->hop_count * sizeof(struct tb_ring), > - GFP_KERNEL); > + nhi->tx_rings = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, nhi->hop_count, > + sizeof(*nhi->tx_rings), GFP_KERNEL); > + nhi->rx_rings = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, nhi->hop_count, > + sizeof(*nhi->rx_rings), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!nhi->tx_rings || !nhi->rx_rings) > return -ENOMEM; > > -- > 1.9.1 > Thanks for catching this. Acked-by: Andreas Noever -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/