[PATCH 3/3] coresight: etb10: Improve a size determination in etb_alloc_buffer()

SF Markus Elfring elfring at users.sourceforge.net
Mon May 15 12:34:33 PDT 2017


>> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
>> @@ -278,8 +278,7 @@ static void *etb_alloc_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev, int cpu,
>>         if (cpu == -1)
>>                 cpu = smp_processor_id();
>>         node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
>> -
>> -       buf = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct cs_buffers), GFP_KERNEL, node);
>> +       buf = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*buf), GFP_KERNEL, node);
> 
> I'm fine with this change but if it's going to happen, it has to be in
> all the coresight drivers and not just this one - please respin with
> all instances fixed.  One patch per driver would be much appreciated.

Do you imagine that any more modules are affected in a similar way
for this software area?

How do you think about other update suggestions from my selection
which are waiting for a corresponding review?

Regards,
Markus



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