[PATCH] riscv: Use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc()

patchwork-bot+linux-riscv at kernel.org patchwork-bot+linux-riscv at kernel.org
Wed Mar 20 13:50:39 PDT 2024


Hello:

This patch was applied to riscv/linux.git (for-next)
by Palmer Dabbelt <palmer at rivosinc.com>:

On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:54:00 +0100 you wrote:
> As noted in the "Deprecated Interfaces, Language Features, Attributes,
> and Conventions" documentation [1], size calculations (especially
> multiplication) should not be performed in memory allocator (or similar)
> function arguments due to the risk of them overflowing. This could lead
> to values wrapping around and a smaller allocation being made than the
> caller was expecting. Using those allocations could lead to linear
> overflows of heap memory and other misbehaviors.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - riscv: Use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc()
    https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/28e4748e5e3d

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