linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.19 2/6] support multiple logging agents

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Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:16:49 -0800
From:	Andy Isaacson <adi@...apodia.org>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc:	Keiichi KII <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.19 2/6] support multiple logging agents

On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 12:42:50PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > +	new_dev = (struct netconsole_device*)kmalloc(
> > +		sizeof(struct netconsole_device), GFP_ATOMIC);
> 
> Cast of void * is unnecessary.

Also,
1. use kzalloc rather than kmalloc+memset
2. use p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p) rather than p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct foo)
3. use goto to common error exit code rather than local return

> > +	if (!new_dev) {
> > +		printk(KERN_INFO "netconsole: kmalloc() failed!\n");
> > +		kfree(netcon_dev_config);
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +	}
> > +	memset(new_dev, 0, sizeof(struct netconsole_device));

-andy
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