cxgb4: clip_tbl: Use struct_size() in kvzalloc()
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PATCH 1/1 cxgb4: clip_tbl: Use struct_size() in kvzalloc()
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;
struct boo entry[];
};instance = kvzalloc(sizeof(struct foo) + count * sizeof(struct boo), GFP_KERNEL);
Instead of leaving these open-coded and prone to type mistakes, we can now use the new struct_size() helper:
instance = kvzalloc(struct_size(instance, entry, count), GFP_KERNEL);
This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
--- drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/clip_tbl.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/clip_tbl.c +1 -2
@@ -289,8 +289,7 @@ struct clip_tbl *t4_init_clip_tbl(unsigned int clipt_start,if (clipt_size <CLIPT_MIN_HASH_BUCKETS )return NULL ; - ctbl =kvzalloc (sizeof (*ctbl) + - clipt_size*sizeof (struct list_head ),GFP_KERNEL ); + ctbl =kvzalloc (struct_size (ctbl, hash_list, clipt_size),GFP_KERNEL );if (!ctbl)return NULL ;
Signature · 1 line
2.20.1
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:44:44 -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; struct boo entry[]; };instance =
kvzalloc(sizeof(struct foo) + count * sizeof(struct boo), 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 =
kvzalloc(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.