Merge v6.18.39linux-rolling-lts

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
index 91c628fa2d59..fed56864d036 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ allocations. For example, these open coded assignments::
 	ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
 	ptr = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
 	ptr = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*ptr), gfp);
+	ptr = kmalloc(struct_size(ptr, flex_member, count), gfp);
 	ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct foo, gfp);
 
 become, respectively::
@@ -395,4 +396,10 @@ become, respectively::
 	ptr = kzalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp);
 	ptr = kmalloc_objs(*ptr, count, gfp);
 	ptr = kzalloc_objs(*ptr, count, gfp);
+	ptr = kmalloc_flex(*ptr, flex_member, count, gfp);
 	__auto_type ptr = kmalloc_obj(struct foo, gfp);
+
+If `ptr->flex_member` is annotated with __counted_by(), the allocation
+will automatically fail if `count` is larger than the maximum
+representable value that can be stored in the counter member associated
+with `flex_member`.