Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: sparc: change kzalloc to kcalloc

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Mon Dec 23 2024 - 23:20:06 EST


On 23-12-24, 14:41, Ethan Carter Edwards wrote:
> Refactor to use kcalloc instead of kzalloc when multiplying
> allocation size by count. This refactor prevents unintentional
> memory overflows. Discovered by checkpatch.pl.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us2e-cpufreq.c | 2 +-
> drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us3-cpufreq.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us2e-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us2e-cpufreq.c
> index 8a0cd5312a59..15899dd77c08 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us2e-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us2e-cpufreq.c
> @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static int __init us2e_freq_init(void)
> impl = ((ver >> 32) & 0xffff);
>
> if (manuf == 0x17 && impl == 0x13) {
> - us2e_freq_table = kzalloc(NR_CPUS * sizeof(*us2e_freq_table),
> + us2e_freq_table = kcalloc(NR_CPUS, sizeof(*us2e_freq_table),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!us2e_freq_table)
> return -ENOMEM;
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us3-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us3-cpufreq.c
> index b50f9d13e6d2..de50a2f3b124 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us3-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sparc-us3-cpufreq.c
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int __init us3_freq_init(void)
> impl == CHEETAH_PLUS_IMPL ||
> impl == JAGUAR_IMPL ||
> impl == PANTHER_IMPL)) {
> - us3_freq_table = kzalloc(NR_CPUS * sizeof(*us3_freq_table),
> + us3_freq_table = kcalloc(NR_CPUS, sizeof(*us3_freq_table),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!us3_freq_table)
> return -ENOMEM;

Applied. Thanks.

Though I failed to apply it directly using git/b4 for some reason, had
to manually make the updates and commit.

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viresh