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diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst index 388cb19f5dbb..a6e36d9c3d14 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst @@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ Instead, the 2-factor form of the allocator should be used:: foo = kmalloc_array(count, size, GFP_KERNEL); +Specifically, kmalloc() can be replaced with kmalloc_array(), and +kzalloc() can be replaced with kcalloc(). + If no 2-factor form is available, the saturate-on-overflow helpers should be used:: @@ -91,9 +94,20 @@ Instead, use the helper:: array usage and switch to a `flexible array member <#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays>`_ instead. -See array_size(), array3_size(), and struct_size(), -for more details as well as the related check_add_overflow() and -check_mul_overflow() family of functions. +For other calculations, please compose the use of the size_mul(), +size_add(), and size_sub() helpers. For example, in the case of:: + + foo = krealloc(current_size + chunk_size * (count - 3), GFP_KERNEL); + +Instead, use the helpers:: + + foo = krealloc(size_add(current_size, + size_mul(chunk_size, + size_sub(count, 3))), GFP_KERNEL); + +For more details, also see array3_size() and flex_array_size(), +as well as the related check_mul_overflow(), check_add_overflow(), +check_sub_overflow(), and check_shl_overflow() family of functions. simple_strtol(), simple_strtoll(), simple_strtoul(), simple_strtoull() ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |