Re: [PATCH] drm/solomon: Use kmalloc_array() instead of kmalloc()

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 10/19/25 08:58, Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa wrote:
> Replace kmalloc() with kmalloc_array() in several places to correctly
> handle array allocations and benefit from built-in overflow checking.
> This prevents potential integer overflows[1] when computing allocation
> sizes from width, height, pitch, or page values.
> 
> [1]:https://docs.kernel.org/process/deprecated.html

Mu understanding is that this document lists deprecates APIs so people
don't keep adding new ones.

I didn't get the impression that we are supposed to go delete them from
the kernel and cause a churn.

How are you testing these changes - do you have this hardware?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa <mehdi.benhadjkhelifa@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/solomon/ssd130x.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

thanks,
-- Shuah