Open coded arithmetic in allocator arguments is discouraged. Helper functions like kcalloc are preferred. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/hash.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/hash.c b/fs/ext4/hash.c index deabe29da7fbc3d35f674ff861a2f3b579ffdea2..7a9afac1597c69f319f02bb816ca797d32c188ca 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/hash.c +++ b/fs/ext4/hash.c @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ int ext4fs_dirhash(const struct inode *dir, const char *name, int len, if (len && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) && (!IS_ENCRYPTED(dir) || fscrypt_has_encryption_key(dir))) { - buff = kzalloc(sizeof(char) * PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL); + buff = kcalloc(PATH_MAX, sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL); if (!buff) return -ENOMEM; --- base-commit: da920b7df701770e006928053672147075587fb2 change-id: 20250315-ext4-hash-kcalloc-203033977bd9 Best regards, -- Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
