Avoid automatic k[mz]alloc with multiplies conversions
Inspired-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <[email protected]>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 182be0f..cf58a7a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4427,7 +4427,7 @@ sub process {
$newfunc = "kcalloc" if ($oldfunc eq "kzalloc");
if ($a1 =~ /^sizeof\s*\S/ || $a2 =~ /^sizeof\s*\S/) {
if (WARN("ALLOC_WITH_MULTIPLY",
- "Prefer $newfunc over $oldfunc with
multiply\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ "Prefer $newfunc over $oldfunc with
multiply when arguments are not fixed or come from unvalidated source\n" .
$herecurr) &&
$fix) {
my $r1 = $a1;
my $r2 = $a2;
--
1.8.4.5
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