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Re: [PATCH 1/5] pinctrl: mvebu: Use kmalloc_array() in mvebu_pinctrl_dt_node_to_map()

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  Re: [PATCH 1/5] pinctrl: mvebu: Use kmalloc_array() in mvebu_pinctrl_dt_node_to_map() Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2017-01-17 16:00 +0100

#1560671 — Re: [PATCH 1/5] pinctrl: mvebu: Use kmalloc_array() in mvebu_pinctrl_dt_node_to_map()

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 5:31 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:00:15 +0100
>
> * 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij

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