Re: [PATCH 1/4] video: fbdev: pxafb: clear allocated memory for video modes

From
Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
Date
2018-07-09 05:12:50
Reply to
Daniel Mack, 2018-06-24
Hi Bartlomiej,

Should I resend with Robert's Reviewed-bys again? I'd like to get this 
merged for 4.19 if possible.


Thanks,
Daniel


On Sunday, June 24, 2018 05:38 PM, Daniel Mack wrote:
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When parsing the video modes from DT properties, make sure to zero out
memory before using it. This is important because not all fields in the mode
struct are explicitly initialized, even though they are used later on.

Fixes: 420a488278e86 (video: fbdev: pxafb: initial devicetree conversion)
Reviewed-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
---
  drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c | 4 ++--
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
index 76722a59f55e..dfe382e68287 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
@@ -2128,8 +2128,8 @@ static int of_get_pxafb_display(struct device *dev, struct device_node *disp,
  		return -EINVAL;
  
  	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	info->modes = kmalloc_array(timings->num_timings,
-				    sizeof(info->modes[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
+	info->modes = kcalloc(timings->num_timings, sizeof(info->modes[0]),
+			      GFP_KERNEL);
  	if (!info->modes)
  		goto out;
  	info->num_modes = timings->num_timings;
  
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