linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] devres: introduce API "devm

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Date:	Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:25:40 +0530
From:	Manish Badarkhe <badarkhe.manish@...il.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] devres: introduce API "devm_kstrdup"

Hi Mark,

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 04:38:20PM +0530, Manish Badarkhe wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
>> >> +     buf = devm_kzalloc(dev, size, gfp);
>
>> > If this is really necessary, please use devm_kmalloc
>
>> devm_kzalloc is always better giving zeroed memory locations.
>> Is there any reason not to go for it?
>
> If the allocated memory is going to be immediately overwritten with the
> string then it shouldn't make any difference if it was zeroed when
> allocated.

Thank you for clarification. I will go ahead to make it devm_kmalloc
and post a new version of patch.

Regards
Manish Badarkhe
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