Re: [PATCH v2] sched/topology: change kzalloc to kcalloc

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Sun Feb 09 2025 - 06:00:28 EST


> We are replacing any instances of kzalloc(size * count, ...) with
> kcalloc(count, size, ...) due to risk of overflow [1].

* See also:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.13#n94

* How do you think about to use a summary phrase like “Replace two kzalloc() calls
by kcalloc() in sched_init_numa()”?

* Would you be looking for any coccicheck extensions accordingly?

Regards,
Markus