From 69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:49:23 -0800 Subject: treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook --- drivers/input/input.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/input/input.c') diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c index a500e1e276c2..9486a9ea1541 100644 --- a/drivers/input/input.c +++ b/drivers/input/input.c @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void input_alloc_absinfo(struct input_dev *dev) if (dev->absinfo) return; - dev->absinfo = kcalloc(ABS_CNT, sizeof(*dev->absinfo), GFP_KERNEL); + dev->absinfo = kzalloc_objs(*dev->absinfo, ABS_CNT, GFP_KERNEL); if (!dev->absinfo) { dev_err(dev->dev.parent ?: &dev->dev, "%s: unable to allocate memory\n", __func__); @@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ struct input_dev *input_allocate_device(void) static atomic_t input_no = ATOMIC_INIT(-1); struct input_dev *dev; - dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL); + dev = kzalloc_obj(*dev, GFP_KERNEL); if (!dev) return NULL; @@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ struct input_dev *input_allocate_device(void) * when we register the device. */ dev->max_vals = 10; - dev->vals = kcalloc(dev->max_vals, sizeof(*dev->vals), GFP_KERNEL); + dev->vals = kzalloc_objs(*dev->vals, dev->max_vals, GFP_KERNEL); if (!dev->vals) { kfree(dev); return NULL; -- cgit v1.2.3 From bf4afc53b77aeaa48b5409da5c8da6bb4eff7f43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:37:42 -0800 Subject: Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\ --- drivers/input/input.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/input/input.c') diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c index 9486a9ea1541..7b7490a1fbc6 100644 --- a/drivers/input/input.c +++ b/drivers/input/input.c @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void input_alloc_absinfo(struct input_dev *dev) if (dev->absinfo) return; - dev->absinfo = kzalloc_objs(*dev->absinfo, ABS_CNT, GFP_KERNEL); + dev->absinfo = kzalloc_objs(*dev->absinfo, ABS_CNT); if (!dev->absinfo) { dev_err(dev->dev.parent ?: &dev->dev, "%s: unable to allocate memory\n", __func__); @@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ struct input_dev *input_allocate_device(void) static atomic_t input_no = ATOMIC_INIT(-1); struct input_dev *dev; - dev = kzalloc_obj(*dev, GFP_KERNEL); + dev = kzalloc_obj(*dev); if (!dev) return NULL; @@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ struct input_dev *input_allocate_device(void) * when we register the device. */ dev->max_vals = 10; - dev->vals = kzalloc_objs(*dev->vals, dev->max_vals, GFP_KERNEL); + dev->vals = kzalloc_objs(*dev->vals, dev->max_vals); if (!dev->vals) { kfree(dev); return NULL; -- cgit v1.2.3