[PATCH RESEND] clk: at91: sam9x7: Use kmalloc_array() instead of kmalloc()

Shuah Khan skhan at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Oct 7 14:06:08 PDT 2025


On 9/24/25 08:55, Sidharth Seela wrote:
> Replace kmalloc with kmalloc array in clk/at91/sam9x7.c. Refactor to new
> API, for cases with dynamic size calculations inside kmalloc().
> 

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Can you add details on how you tested this patch and also how
you found the problem to begin with.

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> 
> Signed-off-by: Sidharth Seela <sidharthseela at gmail.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/at91/sam9x7.c b/drivers/clk/at91/sam9x7.c
> index ffab32b047a0..0c0a746a183d 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/at91/sam9x7.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/at91/sam9x7.c
> @@ -748,9 +748,9 @@ static void __init sam9x7_pmc_setup(struct device_node *np)
>   	if (!sam9x7_pmc)
>   		return;
>   
> -	clk_mux_buffer = kmalloc(sizeof(void *) *
> -				 (ARRAY_SIZE(sam9x7_gck)),
> -				 GFP_KERNEL);
> +	clk_mux_buffer = kmalloc_array(ARRAY_SIZE(sam9x7_gck),
> +					sizeof(void *),
> +					GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!clk_mux_buffer)
>   		goto err_free;
>   

thanks,
-- Shuah



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