Re: [PATCH v2] sched/topology: change kzalloc to kcalloc

Markus Elfring <[email protected]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 12:00:11 +0100

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> We are replacing any instances of kzalloc(size * count, ...) with
> kcalloc(count, size, ...) due to risk of overflow [1].

* See also:
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/=
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=3Dv6.13#n94

* How do you think about to use a summary phrase like =E2=80=9CReplace two=
 kzalloc() calls
  by kcalloc() in sched_init_numa()=E2=80=9D?

* Would you be looking for any coccicheck extensions accordingly?

Regards,
Markus