Re: [PATCH] ALSA: ctxfi: change dao_set_input functions from kzalloc to kcalloc
From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Mon Mar 10 2025 - 06:28:45 EST
On Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:52:59 +0100,
Ethan Carter Edwards wrote:
>
> We are trying to get rid of all multiplications from allocation
> functions to prevent potential integer overflows. Here the
> multiplication is probably safe, but using kcalloc() is more
> appropriate and improves readability. This patch has no effect
> on runtime behavior.
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/162 [1]
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments
>
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks, applied now.
Takashi