netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: mv643xx

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Date:	Wed, 09 Sep 2015 11:45:56 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: mv643xx_eth: use kzalloc

On Wed, 2015-09-09 at 20:34 +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> mc_spec and mc_other are u32*, we allocate 0x200 = 512 bytes = 128
> u32s, and pointer arithmetic makes mc_other point to the latter 64. Then
> the memory is cleared 256 bytes at a time.
> 
> It's unusual and slightly obfuscated code, but I don't think it's
> wrong. 

Right, misread.


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