[PATCH 1/4] GPU-DRM-TILCDC: Use kmalloc_array() in kfree_table_init()

From	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	[PATCH 1/4] GPU-DRM-TILCDC: Use kmalloc_array() in kfree_table_init()
Date	2016-09-22 10:40 +0200
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From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:05:14 +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.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_slave_compat.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_slave_compat.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_slave_compat.c
index f9c79da..8faa28f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_slave_compat.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_slave_compat.c
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ static int __init kfree_table_init(struct kfree_table *kft)
 {
 	kft->total = 32;
 	kft->num = 0;
-	kft->table = kmalloc(kft->total * sizeof(*kft->table),
-			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	kft->table = kmalloc_array(kft->total, sizeof(*kft->table), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kft->table)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
2.10.0

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[PATCH 1/4] GPU-DRM-TILCDC: Use kmalloc_array() in kfree_table_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-09-22 10:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/4] GPU-DRM-TILCDC: Use kmalloc_array() in  kfree_table_init() Jyri Sarha <jsarha@ti.com> - 2016-09-22 19:00 +0200

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