Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf/x86/cqm: Use kmalloc_array() in intel_mbm_init()

Peter Zijlstra
2016-09-05T07:52:56Z

On Sun, Sep 04, 2016 at 07:54:47PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 17:28:13 +0200
>
> * 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.
>
> * Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> to make the corresponding size determination a bit safer according to
> the Linux coding style convention.

Again, lack of actual reason..