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SubjectRe: [PATCH 22/29] IB/mlx4: Use kmalloc_array() in alloc_proxy_bufs()
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> On Feb 18, 2017, at 11:12 PM, SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 16:56:52 +0100
>
> * A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation
> indicated that an array data structure should be processed.
> Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array".
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> * 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>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
> index 7d76f769233c..11fec4a8fae5 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
> @@ -554,9 +554,9 @@ static int alloc_proxy_bufs(struct ib_device *dev, struct mlx4_ib_qp *qp)
> {
> int i;
>
> - qp->sqp_proxy_rcv =
> - kmalloc(sizeof (struct mlx4_ib_buf) * qp->rq.wqe_cnt,
> - GFP_KERNEL);
> + qp->sqp_proxy_rcv = kmalloc_array(qp->rq.wqe_cnt,
> + sizeof(*qp->sqp_proxy_rcv),
> + GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!qp->sqp_proxy_rcv)
> return -ENOMEM;
> for (i = 0; i < qp->rq.wqe_cnt; i++) {
> --
> 2.11.1
>
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Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Majd Dibbiny
<majd@mellanox.com>

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