Re: x86-ksysfs: Use kmalloc_array() in create_setup_data_nodes()

[SF Markus Elfring]

> Fixing these kmalloc calls would be a nice thing to clean up everywhere.

Thanks for your acknowledgement of such a software improvement opportunity.


> Since it is a mistake people may continue to make, I think it would
> make sense to add a coccinelle script that can do this to the
> existing coccinelle scripts in the kernel if one to do it does not
> already exist. That way, it will be part of the coccinelle checking
> that is automatically run on the kernel regularly.

I am curious on how many contributors would like to help a bit more
in such a software development task.

How do you think about to clarify corresponding challenges better?

Do you find any details interesting which are described in a feature
request (or article) like "Improve determination of sizes with SmPL"?
https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/issues/80

Regards,
Markus