Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH for-4.0 0/9] ppc: get rid of g_malloc(sizeof(T) * n)

[David Gibson]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 02:04:53PM +0100, Greg Kurz wrote:
> As explained in HACKING, the g_malloc(sizeof(T) * n) construct is unsafe
> because it can't detect multiplication overflowing size_t and doesn't
> allow type checking.
> 
> It appears to be used in a bunch of places though:
> 
> $ git grep -E 'malloc.*sizeof' | grep ' \* '  | wc -l
> 101
> 
> This series fixes the ppc target and ppc machine code. The changes are
> mostly trivial. Only the mac99 and e500 machines required some more work
> that should be reviewed carefully, as it was only compile-tested.

Series applied, thanks.


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