Re: [PATCH] crypto: axis/artpec6: change from kzalloc to kcalloc in artpec6_crypto_probe()

[Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 07:30:52PM -0500, 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>

Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>

> ---
>  drivers/crypto/axis/artpec6_crypto.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/axis/artpec6_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/axis/artpec6_crypto.c
> index 1c1f57baef0ea9f4ecf7ab39f2c0e9e4327ef568..500b08e42282608348481b759e0b79d25f0b5db0 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/axis/artpec6_crypto.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/axis/artpec6_crypto.c
> @@ -2897,13 +2897,13 @@ static int artpec6_crypto_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	tasklet_init(&ac->task, artpec6_crypto_task,
>  		     (unsigned long)ac);
>  
> -	ac->pad_buffer = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, 2 * ARTPEC_CACHE_LINE_MAX,
> +	ac->pad_buffer = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, 2, ARTPEC_CACHE_LINE_MAX,
>  				      GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!ac->pad_buffer)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	ac->pad_buffer = PTR_ALIGN(ac->pad_buffer, ARTPEC_CACHE_LINE_MAX);
>  
> -	ac->zero_buffer = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, 2 * ARTPEC_CACHE_LINE_MAX,
> +	ac->zero_buffer = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, 2, ARTPEC_CACHE_LINE_MAX,
>  				      GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!ac->zero_buffer)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 0a2f889128969dab41861b6e40111aa03dc57014
> change-id: 20250308-artpec6-devm_kcalloc-9a11cc6acb84
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@ethancedwards.com>

/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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               Jesper Nilsson -- jesper.nilsson@axis.com