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Re: [PATCH] ARM: pxa: Use kmalloc_array() in pxa_pm_init()

From	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] ARM: pxa: Use kmalloc_array() in pxa_pm_init()
Date	2016-08-29 22:10 +0200
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SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:01:37 +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 type 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>
Queued to pxa/for-next, thanks.

Cheers.

--
Robert

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[PATCH] ARM: pxa: Use kmalloc_array() in pxa_pm_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-08-25 18:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ARM: pxa: Use kmalloc_array() in pxa_pm_init() Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr> - 2016-08-29 22:10 +0200

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