Re: [PATCH] iio: common: scmi_iio: use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc()
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Aug 19 2025 - 05:47:32 EST
On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Replace calls of devm_kzalloc() with devm_kcalloc() in scmi_alloc_iiodev()
> and scmi_iio_set_sampling_freq_avail() for safer memory allocation with
> built-in overflow protection.
While this change is correct...
...
> sensor->freq_avail =
> - devm_kzalloc(&iio_dev->dev,
> - sizeof(*sensor->freq_avail) *
> - (sensor->sensor_info->intervals.count * 2),
> + devm_kcalloc(&iio_dev->dev,
> + sensor->sensor_info->intervals.count * 2,
...I would also switch this to use array_size() instead of explicit
multiplication as it will check for boundaries that are not static in
this case.
> + sizeof(*sensor->freq_avail),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!sensor->freq_avail)
> return -ENOMEM;
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko