mISDN: hfcsusb: Use struct_size() in kzalloc()
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PATCH 1/1 mISDN: hfcsusb: Use struct_size() in kzalloc()
One of the more common cases of allocation size calculations is finding the size of a structure that has a zero-sized array at the end, along with memory for some number of elements for that array. For example:
struct foo {
int stuff;
void *entry[];
};instance = kzalloc(sizeof(struct foo) + sizeof(void *) * count, GFP_KERNEL);
Instead of leaving these open-coded and prone to type mistakes, we can now use the new struct_size() helper:
instance = kzalloc(struct_size(instance, entry, count), GFP_KERNEL);
This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
--- drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcsusb.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcsusb.c +1 -2
@@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ hfcsusb_ph_info(struct hfcsusb *hw)struct dchannel *dch = &hw->dch;int i; - phi =kzalloc (sizeof (struct ph_info ) + - dch->dev.nrbchan *sizeof (struct ph_info_ch ),GFP_ATOMIC ); + phi =kzalloc (struct_size (phi, bch, dch->dev.nrbchan),GFP_ATOMIC ); phi->dch.ch.protocol = hw->protocol; phi->dch.ch.Flags = dch->Flags; phi->dch.state = dch->state;
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2.20.1
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 15:27:05 -0600
Quoted 11 lines
One of the more common cases of allocation size calculations is finding the size of a structure that has a zero-sized array at the end, along with memory for some number of elements for that array. For example:
struct foo { int stuff; void *entry[]; };instance =
kzalloc(sizeof(struct foo) + sizeof(void *) * count, GFP_KERNEL);
Quoted 8 lines
Instead of leaving these open-coded and prone to type mistakes, we can now use the new
struct_size()helper:instance =
kzalloc(struct_size(instance, entry, count), GFP_KERNEL);This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
Signed-off-by Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
Applied.