[rt2x00-users] [PATCH] rt2x00: Use kcalloc instead of kzalloc to allocate array
Thomas Meyer
thomas at m3y3r.de
Wed Nov 30 08:08:00 EST 2011
The advantage of kcalloc is, that will prevent integer overflows which could
result from the multiplication of number of elements and size and it is also
a bit nicer to read.
The semantic patch that makes this change is available
in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/25/107
Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas at m3y3r.de>
---
diff -u -p a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c 2011-11-28 19:36:47.770108588 +0100
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c 2011-11-28 19:54:53.495525543 +0100
@@ -831,11 +831,11 @@ static int rt2x00lib_probe_hw_modes(stru
if (spec->supported_rates & SUPPORT_RATE_OFDM)
num_rates += 8;
- channels = kzalloc(sizeof(*channels) * spec->num_channels, GFP_KERNEL);
+ channels = kcalloc(spec->num_channels, sizeof(*channels), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!channels)
return -ENOMEM;
- rates = kzalloc(sizeof(*rates) * num_rates, GFP_KERNEL);
+ rates = kcalloc(num_rates, sizeof(*rates), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rates)
goto exit_free_channels;
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