linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: iio replaced kmalloc with local variables.

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Date:	Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:20:55 +0200
From:	Peter Hüwe <PeterHuewe@....de>
To:	devel@...uxdriverproject.org
Cc:	anish <anish198519851985@...il.com>, gregkh@...e.de,
	jic23@....ac.uk, manuel.stahl@....fraunhofer.de,
	lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi, arnd@...db.de,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: iio replaced kmalloc with local variables.

Am Montag 06 Juni 2011, 21:07:37 schrieb anish:
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/max1363_core.c
> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int max1363_write_basic_config(struct i2c_client
> *client, unsigned char d2)
>  {
>  	int ret;
> -	u8 *tx_buf = kmalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	u8 tx_buf[2];
> 
>  	if (!tx_buf)
>  		return -ENOMEM;

These last two lines can also be removed ;)

Thanks,
Peter
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