lru_cache: use correct type in sizeof for allocation
authorIlia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu>
Wed, 25 May 2011 00:13:30 +0000 (17:13 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 25 May 2011 15:39:52 +0000 (08:39 -0700)
This has no actual effect, since sizeof(struct hlist_head) ==
sizeof(struct hlist_head *), but it's still the wrong type to use.

The semantic match that finds this problem:
// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier x;
@@
T *x;
...
* x = kzalloc(... * sizeof(T*) * ..., ...);
// </smpl>

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: use kcalloc()]
Signed-off-by: Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu>
Acked-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars@linbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
lib/lru_cache.c

index 270de9d31b8c1a04940489e6bdd60b06480179b2..a07e7268d7ed4aa446f590076fed5a86aab96877 100644 (file)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ struct lru_cache *lc_create(const char *name, struct kmem_cache *cache,
        if (e_count > LC_MAX_ACTIVE)
                return NULL;
 
-       slot = kzalloc(e_count * sizeof(struct hlist_head*), GFP_KERNEL);
+       slot = kcalloc(e_count, sizeof(struct hlist_head), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!slot)
                goto out_fail;
        element = kzalloc(e_count * sizeof(struct lc_element *), GFP_KERNEL);