[PATCH] mtd: jedec_probe: use struct_size() helper for cfiq allocation

Miquel Raynal miquel.raynal at bootlin.com
Mon Sep 29 09:03:12 PDT 2025


On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:41:37 +0530, Rahul Kumar wrote:
> Documentation/process/deprecated.rst recommends against performing
> dynamic size calculations in the arguments of memory allocator
> functions due to the risk of overflow. Such calculations can wrap
> around and result in a smaller allocation than expected.
> 
> Replace the size calculation in cfiq allocation with struct_size()
> helper to make the code clearer and handle overflows correctly.
> 
> [...]

Applied to mtd/next, thanks!

[1/1] mtd: jedec_probe: use struct_size() helper for cfiq allocation
      commit: 527668868862e0db65efc88fe82040f1e48d4ab3

Patche(s) should be available on mtd/linux.git and will be
part of the next PR (provided that no robot complains by then).

Kind regards,
Miquèl




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