[PATCH 09/30] mtd: Don't cast kmalloc() return value in drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at mindspring.com
Sat Aug 25 19:59:01 EDT 2007


On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> On 24/08/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at mindspring.com> wrote:

> > actually, i would think kcalloc would be more appropriate here, no?
> >
>
> Why?
>
> msp_parts[i] = kzalloc(pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition), GFP_KERNEL);
>
> seems better to me than
>
> msp_parts[i] = kcalloc(1, pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition), GFP_KERNEL);

i was thinking more along the lines of

msp_parts[i] = kcalloc(pcnt, sizeof(struct mtd_partition), GFP_KERNEL);

which was kind of the obvious implication, no?  unless there's a
reason kcalloc() wouldn't work here, this is pretty much what
kcalloc() was designed for.

rday

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