| Message ID | 20250222-q6apm-kcalloc-v1-1-6f09dae6c31c@ethancedwards.com (mailing list archive) |
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| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | ASoC: q6dsp: q6apm: replace kzalloc() with kcalloc() in q6apm_map_memory_regions() | expand |
diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm.c b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm.c index 2a2a5bd98110bc70c2a164efb22df4147979d295..11e252a70f6972ed8527a0a70a5a3dcf37dfac31 100644 --- a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm.c +++ b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm.c @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int q6apm_map_memory_regions(struct q6apm_graph *graph, unsigned int dir, phys_a return 0; } - buf = kzalloc(((sizeof(struct audio_buffer)) * periods), GFP_KERNEL); + buf = kcalloc(periods, sizeof(struct audio_buffer), GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) { mutex_unlock(&graph->lock); return -ENOMEM;
We are trying to get rid of all multiplications from allocation functions to prevent integer overflows[1]. Here the multiplication is obviously safe, but using kcalloc() is more appropriate and improves readability. This patch has no effect on runtime behavior. Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/162 [1] Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@ethancedwards.com> --- sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- base-commit: 5cf80612d3f72c46ad53ef5042b4c609c393122f change-id: 20250222-q6apm-kcalloc-5de0fc84c493 Best regards,