Re: [PATCH] KVM: Use previously computed array_size()

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Mon Jun 01 2020 - 04:46:55 EST


On 30/05/20 19:28, Denis Efremov wrote:
>> On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 17:35 +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
>>> array_size() is used in alloc calls to compute the allocation
>>> size. Next, "raw" multiplication is used to compute the size
>>> for copy_from_user(). The patch removes duplicated computation
>>> by saving the size in a var. No security concerns, just a small
>>> optimization.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Perhaps use vmemdup_user?
> vmemdup_user() uses kvmalloc internally. I think it will also require
> changing vfree to kvfree.
>

Yes, it would be a good idea.

Paolo