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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:42:33 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: Add patch to use kcalloc instead of kzalloc
 for array allocations
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On 11/29/2011 07:42 PM, Thomas Meyer wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 25.11.2011, 15:46 +0100 schrieb Lars-Peter Clausen:
>> This patch adds a coccinelle patch to convert array allocations which use
>> kzalloc to kcalloc. The advantage of kcalloc is, that will take care of
>> integer overflows which could result from the multiplication and it is also
>> nicer to read.
> 
> Hi Lars,
> 
> I did run your kcalloc spatch against 3.2-rc3. are you okay with if I
> send the diffs to the LKML?
> 

Sure.

Thanks
- Lars