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Commit 3577cdb2 authored by Len Baker's avatar Len Baker Committed by Jonathan Corbet
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docs: deprecated.rst: Clarify open-coded arithmetic with literals



Although using literals for size calculation in allocator arguments may
be harmless due to compiler warnings in case of overflows, it is better
to refactor the code to avoid the use of open-coded arithmetic.

So, clarify the preferred way in these cases.

Suggested-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLen Baker <len.baker@gmx.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarGustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210925143455.21221-1-len.baker@gmx.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 6e74e68d
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