From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 22:15:09 +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. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c index 4afc67f..cddf3c6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static int __init create_setup_data_nodes(struct kobject *parent) if (ret) goto out_setup_data_kobj; - kobjp = kmalloc(sizeof(*kobjp) * nr, GFP_KERNEL); + kobjp = kmalloc_array(nr, sizeof(*kobjp), GFP_KERNEL); if (!kobjp) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto out_setup_data_kobj; -- 2.9.3
