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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] n2rng: Use devm_kcalloc() in n2rng_probe()
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On 4/19/2017 2:10 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:30:47 +0200
>
> * A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation
> indicated that an array data structure should be processed.
> Thus use the corresponding function "devm_kcalloc".
>
> * Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> to make the corresponding size determination a bit safer according to
> the Linux coding style convention.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>

Thanks Markus.

Acked-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@oracle.com>

> ---
> drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c
> index 31cbdbbaebfc..92dd4e925315 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c
> @@ -748,9 +748,7 @@ static int n2rng_probe(struct platform_device *op)
>
> dev_info(&op->dev, "Registered RNG HVAPI major %lu minor %lu\n",
> np->hvapi_major, np->hvapi_minor);
> -
> - np->units = devm_kzalloc(&op->dev,
> - sizeof(struct n2rng_unit) * np->num_units,
> + np->units = devm_kcalloc(&op->dev, np->num_units, sizeof(*np->units),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> err = -ENOMEM;
> if (!np->units)
>

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