Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ath: dfs_pattern_detector: Avoid open coded arithmetic in memory allocation | From | Kalle Valo <> | Date | Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:41:56 +0000 (UTC) |
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Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> kmalloc_array()/kcalloc() should be used to avoid potential overflow when > a multiplication is needed to compute the size of the requested memory. > > kmalloc_array() can be used here instead of kcalloc() because the array is > fully initialized in the next 'for' loop. > > Finally, 'cd->detectors' is defined as 'struct pri_detector **detectors;'. > So 'cd->detectors' and '*cd->detectors' are both some pointer. > So use a more logical 'sizeof(*cd->detectors)'. > > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
a063b650ce5d ath: dfs_pattern_detector: Avoid open coded arithmetic in memory allocation
-- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/0fbcd32a0384ac1f87c5a3549e505e4becc60226.1640624216.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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