Re: [PATCH] ATM-ENI: Use kmalloc_array() in eni_start()

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] ATM-ENI: Use kmalloc_array() in eni_start()
Date	2016-09-10 04:30 +0200
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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 14:40:06 +0200

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 14:20:17 +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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>

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[PATCH] ATM-ENI: Use kmalloc_array() in eni_start() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-09-08 14:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ATM-ENI: Use kmalloc_array() in eni_start() David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-09-10 04:30 +0200

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