linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2.1 1/7] crypto: GnuPG based MPI lib

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Date:	Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:28:15 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>
cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2.1 1/7] crypto: GnuPG based MPI lib - source files
 (part 1)

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:

> +MPI mpi_alloc(unsigned nlimbs)
> +{
> +	MPI a;
> +
> +	a = (MPI) kmalloc(sizeof *a, GFP_KERNEL);

Generally, typedef structs are frowned upon in the kernel.  I'd prefer to 
see this (and any others) changed to a normal type.

Also, kmalloc return values do not need to be cast, they're void *.

> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(mpi_alloc);

New interfaces should be EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.


-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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