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Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf/x86/cqm: Use kmalloc_array() in intel_mbm_init()

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf/x86/cqm: Use kmalloc_array() in intel_mbm_init()
Date 2016-09-05 10:00 +0200
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On Sun, Sep 04, 2016 at 07:54:47PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 17:28:13 +0200
> 
> * 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.

Again, lack of actual reason..

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[PATCH 0/4] perf/x86/cqm: Fine-tuning for two function  implementations SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-09-04 20:00 +0200
  [PATCH 1/4] perf/x86/cqm: Use kmalloc_array() in intel_mbm_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-09-04 20:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf/x86/cqm: Use kmalloc_array() in intel_mbm_init() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-09-05 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 2/4] perf/x86/cqm: Replace two kmalloc() calls by  kmalloc_array() in intel_mbm_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-09-04 20:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/4] perf/x86/cqm: Replace two kmalloc() calls by  kmalloc_array() in intel_mbm_init() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-09-05 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 4/4] perf/x86/cqm: Rename jump labels in intel_cqm_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-09-04 20:10 +0200
  [PATCH 3/4] perf/x86/cqm: One check and another variable less in  intel_mbm_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-09-04 20:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/4] perf/x86/cqm: One check and another variable less in  intel_mbm_init() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-09-05 10:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/4] perf/x86/cqm: Fine-tuning for two function  implementations Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-09-05 10:00 +0200

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