linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging/et131x: remove memset for the TCB

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:56:16 +0545
From:	"devendra.aaru" <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Mark Einon <mark.einon@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging/et131x: remove memset for the TCB

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:54:28AM +0545, Devendra Naga wrote:
>> TCB has kcalloc' ed so no need to call memset again on it.
>>
>
> Gar...  What about when this is called from et131x_adjust_link() and
> et1310_disable_phy_coma()?
>
Yeah, i didn't looked those paths, i am sorry.
> Really this changelog is annoying.  Based on the changelog I was
> expecting the kcalloc() to be in the same function but it wasn't.
> So then I have to redo all your work and check every code path.  You
> could have said what the code paths were in your description so I
> don't have to grovel through it all myself.
>
Ok. will try to put all the info i found while sending patches from next time
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
>

Thanks,
Devendra.
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