[PATCH] ext4: hash: change kzalloc(n * sizeof, ...) to kcalloc(n, sizeof, ...)

From: Ethan Carter Edwards
Date: Sat Mar 15 2025 - 12:29:59 EST


Open coded arithmetic in allocator arguments is discouraged. Helper
functions like kcalloc are preferred.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments

Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/hash.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/hash.c b/fs/ext4/hash.c
index deabe29da7fbc3d35f674ff861a2f3b579ffdea2..7a9afac1597c69f319f02bb816ca797d32c188ca 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/hash.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/hash.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ int ext4fs_dirhash(const struct inode *dir, const char *name, int len,

if (len && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) &&
(!IS_ENCRYPTED(dir) || fscrypt_has_encryption_key(dir))) {
- buff = kzalloc(sizeof(char) * PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+ buff = kcalloc(PATH_MAX, sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buff)
return -ENOMEM;


---
base-commit: da920b7df701770e006928053672147075587fb2
change-id: 20250315-ext4-hash-kcalloc-203033977bd9

Best regards,
--
Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>