[Cocci] Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: Add patch to use kcalloc instead of
kzalloc for array allocations
Lars-Peter Clausen
lars at metafoo.de
Tue Nov 29 20:42:33 CET 2011
On 11/29/2011 07:42 PM, Thomas Meyer wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 25.11.2011, 15:46 +0100 schrieb Lars-Peter Clausen:
>> This patch adds a coccinelle patch to convert array allocations which use
>> kzalloc to kcalloc. The advantage of kcalloc is, that will take care of
>> integer overflows which could result from the multiplication and it is also
>> nicer to read.
>
> Hi Lars,
>
> I did run your kcalloc spatch against 3.2-rc3. are you okay with if I
> send the diffs to the LKML?
>
Sure.
Thanks
- Lars
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