[Cocci] Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: Add patch to use kcalloc instead of kzalloc for array allocations

Thomas Meyer thomas at m3y3r.de
Tue Nov 29 19:42:31 CET 2011


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?

mfg
thohmas

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