[PATCH 3/3] virtio_ring: Use kmalloc_array() in alloc_indirect()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Thu Jan 26 2017 - 16:49:15 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:30:45 +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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 409aeaa49246..34b6b694298c 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ static struct vring_desc *alloc_indirect(struct virtqueue *_vq,
* virtqueue.
*/
gfp &= ~__GFP_HIGHMEM;
-
- desc = kmalloc(total_sg * sizeof(struct vring_desc), gfp);
+ desc = kmalloc_array(total_sg, sizeof(*desc), gfp);
if (!desc)
return NULL;

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2.11.0