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/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c index c800504c3cfe0ea3b4a51286f348dd5802e1898f..60ee6c366998e26447a0b985112f578ba8757f17 100644 --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c @@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ void thermal_debug_tz_add(struct thermal_zone_device *tz) tz_dbg->tz = tz; - tz_dbg->trips_crossed = kzalloc(sizeof(int) * tz->num_trips, GFP_KERNEL); + tz_dbg->trips_crossed = kcalloc(tz->num_trips, sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL); if (!tz_dbg->trips_crossed) { thermal_debugfs_remove_id(thermal_dbg); return; --- base-commit: 5cf80612d3f72c46ad53ef5042b4c609c393122f change-id: 20250222-thermal_kcalloc-881dcf5b77b8 Best regards, -- Ethan Carter Edwards <et...@ethancedwards.com>
