[PATCH] macvtap: Use kmalloc_array() in macvtap_queue_resize()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Thu Jan 26 2017 - 14:38:47 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:47:38 +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.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/macvtap.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 5c26653eceb5..1796d8f1ef47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ static int macvtap_queue_resize(struct macvlan_dev *vlan)
int n = vlan->numqueues;
int ret, i = 0;

- arrays = kmalloc(sizeof *arrays * n, GFP_KERNEL);
+ arrays = kmalloc_array(n, sizeof(*arrays), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!arrays)
return -ENOMEM;

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2.11.0