[PATCH][next] amd/amdgpu_ctx: Use struct_size() helper and kmalloc()

Christian König christian.koenig at amd.com
Fri Oct 9 07:08:51 UTC 2020


Am 08.10.20 um 16:34 schrieb Gustavo A. R. Silva:
> Make use of the new struct_size() helper instead of the offsetof() idiom.
> Also, use kmalloc() instead of kcalloc().
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars at kernel.org>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.c
> index c80d8339f58c..5be125f3b92a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.c
> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int amdgpu_ctx_init_entity(struct amdgpu_ctx *ctx, u32 hw_ip,
>   	enum drm_sched_priority priority;
>   	int r;
>   
> -	entity = kcalloc(1, offsetof(typeof(*entity), fences[amdgpu_sched_jobs]),
> +	entity = kmalloc(struct_size(entity, fences, amdgpu_sched_jobs),

NAK. You could use kzalloc() here, but kmalloc won't zero initialize the 
memory which could result in unforeseen consequences.

Christian.

>   			 GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!entity)
>   		return  -ENOMEM;



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