[PATCH] enic: Use kcalloc instead of kzalloc to allocate array
From: Thomas Meyer <hidden>
Date: 2011-12-03 08:21:26
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From: Thomas Meyer <hidden>
Date: 2011-12-03 08:21:26
Also in:
lkml
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 semantic patch that makes this change is available in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/25/107 Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <redacted> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c 2011-11-13 11:07:34.306945516 +0100
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c 2011-11-28 19:53:11.983614560 +0100@@ -2379,7 +2379,7 @@ static int __devinit enic_probe(struct p #endif /* Allocate structure for port profiles */ - enic->pp = kzalloc(num_pps * sizeof(*enic->pp), GFP_KERNEL); + enic->pp = kcalloc(num_pps, sizeof(*enic->pp), GFP_KERNEL); if (!enic->pp) { pr_err("port profile alloc failed, aborting\n"); err = -ENOMEM;