crypto: qat - use kcalloc_node() instead of kzalloc_node()

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As noted in the "Deprecated Interfaces, Language Features, Attributes,
and Conventions" documentation [1], size calculations (especially
multiplication) should not be performed in memory allocator (or similar)
function arguments due to the risk of them overflowing. This could lead
to values wrapping around and a smaller allocation being made than the
caller was expecting. Using those allocations could lead to linear
overflows of heap memory and other misbehaviors.

So, use the purpose specific kcalloc_node() function instead of the
argument count * size in the kzalloc_node() function.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments [1]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/162
Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@gmx.com>
Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

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drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_isr.c

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