Fwd: [PATCH 2/4] gpiolib: add bitmask for valid GPIO lines

Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Wed Nov 15 03:38:39 PST 2017


On Wed, 2017-11-15 at 11:58 +0530, Varadarajan Narayanan wrote:

> > +	if (gpiochip->irq_need_valid_mask) {
> > +		gpiochip->irq_valid_mask =
> > +			kcalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(gpiochip->ngpio),
> > +				sizeof(long), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Since 'irq_valid_mask' is getting filled below wouldn't a kmalloc
> suffice?

I suppose you meant kmalloc_array.
Anyway, it's a separate change if you wish, because Timur didn't change
the original approach here.

> > +		if (!gpiochip->irq_valid_mask)
> > +			return -ENOMEM;
> > 


> > +		/* Assume by default all GPIOs are valid */
> > +		bitmap_fill(gpiochip->irq_valid_mask, gpiochip-
> > >ngpio);
> > +	}
> > 


> > +	if (gpiochip->line_need_valid_mask) {
> > +		gpiochip->line_valid_mask =
> > +			kcalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(gpiochip->ngpio),
> > +				sizeof(long), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Since 'line_valid_mask' is getting filled below wouldn't a kmalloc
> suffice?

This one just mimics previous, so, see above.

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy



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