Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx4_core: Adjust allocation type for buddy->bits

From: Kees Cook <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:07:58 -0700

In preparation for making the kmalloc family of allocators type aware,
we need to make sure that the returned type from the allocation matches
the type of the variable being assigned. (Before, the allocator would
always return "void *", which can be implicitly cast to any pointer type.)

The assigned type is "unsigned long **", but the returned type will be
"long **". These are the same size allocation (pointer size) but the
types do not match. Adjust the allocation type to match the assignment.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email-masked]>
---
Cc: Tariq Toukan <[email-masked]>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <[email-masked]>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c
index d7444782bfdd..698a5d1f0d7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mr.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int mlx4_buddy_init(struct mlx4_buddy *buddy, int max_order)
 	buddy->max_order = max_order;
 	spin_lock_init(&buddy->lock);
 
-	buddy->bits = kcalloc(buddy->max_order + 1, sizeof(long *),
+	buddy->bits = kcalloc(buddy->max_order + 1, sizeof(*buddy->bits),
 			      GFP_KERNEL);
 	buddy->num_free = kcalloc(buddy->max_order + 1, sizeof(*buddy->num_free),
 				  GFP_KERNEL);
-- 
2.34.1