Re: [PATCH 3.16 004/157] iio: Use kmalloc_array() in iio_scan_mask_set()

[Joe Perches]

On Sat, 2019-08-10 at 21:40 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 3.16.72-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

Unless to enable applying further patches,
I doubt there is ever a need to have any
of Markus Elfring's patches applied to any
-stable kernel.

> ------------------
> 
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> commit 057ac1acdfc4743f066fcefe359385cad00549eb upstream.
> 
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> @@ -836,10 +836,9 @@ int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *in
>  	const unsigned long *mask;
>  	unsigned long *trialmask;
>  
> -	trialmask = kmalloc(sizeof(*trialmask)*
> -			    BITS_TO_LONGS(indio_dev->masklength),
> -			    GFP_KERNEL);
> -
> +	trialmask = kmalloc_array(BITS_TO_LONGS(indio_dev->masklength),
> +				  sizeof(*trialmask),
> +				  GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (trialmask == NULL)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	if (!indio_dev->masklength) {
>