We are trying to get rid of all multiplications from allocation functions to prevent integer overflows[1]. Here the multiplication is obviously safe, but using kcalloc() is more appropriate and improves readability. This patch has no effect on runtime behavior.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/162 [1] Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <et...@ethancedwards.com> --- drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c index 53e16d39af4bf95c16505e0b528da1f3ba832010..13e4060bd1b6a1a360d430260b881edc8a3abeff 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c @@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ int nand_readid_op(struct nand_chip *chip, u8 addr, void *buf, /* READ_ID data bytes are received twice in NV-DDR mode */ if (len && nand_interface_is_nvddr(conf)) { - ddrbuf = kzalloc(len * 2, GFP_KERNEL); + ddrbuf = kcalloc(2, len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!ddrbuf) return -ENOMEM; @@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ int nand_read_data_op(struct nand_chip *chip, void *buf, unsigned int len, * twice. */ if (force_8bit && nand_interface_is_nvddr(conf)) { - ddrbuf = kzalloc(len * 2, GFP_KERNEL); + ddrbuf = kcalloc(2, len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!ddrbuf) return -ENOMEM; --- base-commit: d4b0fd87ff0d4338b259dc79b2b3c6f7e70e8afa change-id: 20250222-mtd-nand-kzalloc-29cc08138b24 Best regards, -- Ethan Carter Edwards <et...@ethancedwards.com>
