Re: [PATCH] media: atomisp: use kmalloc_objs for array allocations
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Apr 21 2026 - 14:15:30 EST
On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 7:52 PM Sakari Ailus
> <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 09:26:47PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM Pedro Pontes <pontescpedro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Convert manual kmalloc() multiplications to the modern kmalloc_objs()
> > > > interface to improve type safety and prevent potential integer
> > > > overflows.
> > >
> > > There is already a patch doing it in a slightly better way. Have you
> > > followed the mailing list?
> >
> > I must have missed it, too. :-\
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHp75VcoNkEQs7QQLDg8xZjdouNc8Yc6Vjg+Pdqb7LViqSKysg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Hmm... Now re-reading that it seems they address semantically the same
issue, but for different APIs.
> > > Please, better to help with this driver is to subscribe to the mailing
> > > list and review already
> > > submitted ones.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko