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[1/5,media] winbond-cir: Use kmalloc_array() in wbcir_tx()

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SF Markus Elfring Oct. 14, 2016, 11:41 a.m. UTC
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:19:00 +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 <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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David Härdeman Oct. 19, 2016, 1:03 p.m. UTC | #1
October 14, 2016 1:41 PM, "SF Markus Elfring" <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:19:00 +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 <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>

Sure...why not...

Signed-off-by: David Härdeman <david@hardeman.nu>


> ---
> drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c b/drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c
> index 95ae60e..59050f5 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c
> @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ wbcir_tx(struct rc_dev *dev, unsigned *b, unsigned count)
> unsigned i;
> unsigned long flags;
> 
> - buf = kmalloc(count * sizeof(*b), GFP_KERNEL);
> + buf = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*b), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!buf)
> return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -- 
> 2.10.1
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diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c b/drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c
index 95ae60e..59050f5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@  wbcir_tx(struct rc_dev *dev, unsigned *b, unsigned count)
 	unsigned i;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	buf = kmalloc(count * sizeof(*b), GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*b), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;