From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 623DDC282C4 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2019 06:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F45421773 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2019 06:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727166AbfBIG6f (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Feb 2019 01:58:35 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:41408 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726792AbfBIG6d (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Feb 2019 01:58:33 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::bf5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 083D0149D93FA; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 22:58:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:58:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20190208.225832.2033505586501777415.davem@davemloft.net> To: gustavo@embeddedor.com Cc: aelior@marvell.com, skalluru@marvell.com, GR-everest-linux-l2@marvell.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Use struct_size() in kzalloc() From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20190208032910.GA3436@embeddedor> References: <20190208032910.GA3436@embeddedor> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:58:33 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 21:29:10 -0600 > One of the more common cases of allocation size calculations is finding > the size of a structure that has a zero-sized array at the end, along > with memory for some number of elements for that array. For example: > > struct foo { > int stuff; > struct boo entry[]; > }; > > size = sizeof(struct foo) + count * sizeof(struct boo); > instance = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL) > > Instead of leaving these open-coded and prone to type mistakes, we can > now use the new struct_size() helper: > > instance = kzalloc(struct_size(instance, entry, count), GFP_KERNEL) > > Notice that, in this case, variable fsz is not necessary, hence > it is removed. > > This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle. > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva Applied.