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From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
To: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@ethancedwards.com>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>,
	linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: ctxfi: change dao_set_input functions from kzalloc to kcalloc
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:28:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87plipyyaz.wl-tiwai@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250308-ctdaio-kzalloc-v1-1-804a09875b0e@ethancedwards.com>

On Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:52:59 +0100,
Ethan Carter Edwards wrote:
> 
> We are trying to get rid of all multiplications from allocation
> functions to prevent potential integer overflows. Here the
> multiplication is probably safe, but using kcalloc() is more
> appropriate and improves readability. This patch has no effect
> on runtime behavior.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/162 [1]
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@ethancedwards.com>

Thanks, applied now.


Takashi

      parent reply	other threads:[~2025-03-10 10:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-03-08 18:52 [PATCH] ALSA: ctxfi: change dao_set_input functions from kzalloc to kcalloc Ethan Carter Edwards
2025-03-08 19:10 ` Markus Elfring
2025-03-10 10:28 ` Takashi Iwai [this message]

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