Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: Use kmalloc_array() instead of kmalloc()

[Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 09:11:48PM +0100, Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa wrote:
> The number of NUMA nodes (nr_node_ids) is bounded, so overflow is not a
> practical concern here. However, using kmalloc_array() better reflects the
> intent to allocate an array of unsigned ints, and improves consistency with
> other NUMA-related allocations.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa <mehdi.benhadjkhelifa@gmail.com>
> ---
>  mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 798b2ed21e46..697bc171b013 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -5055,7 +5055,7 @@ static int vmalloc_info_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
>  	unsigned int *counters;
>  
>  	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
> -		counters = kmalloc(nr_node_ids * sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		counters = kmalloc_array(nr_node_ids, sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
>  
>  	for_each_vmap_node(vn) {
>  		spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock);
> -- 
> 2.51.1.dirty
> 
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>

Thank you!

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Uladzislau Rezki