netdev - Re: [net-next v2 04/14] ice: fix set pause param autoneg check

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Date:   Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:31:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     paul.greenwalt@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com, andrewx.bowers@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next v2 04/14] ice: fix set pause param autoneg check

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 09:16:58 -0700

> +	/* Get pause param reports configured and negotiated flow control pause
> +	 * when ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS is defined. Since ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS is
> +	 * defined get pause param pause->autoneg reports SW configured setting,
> +	 * so compare pause->autoneg with SW configured to prevent the user from
> +	 * using set pause param to chance autoneg.
> +	 */
> +	pcaps = devm_kzalloc(&vsi->back->pdev->dev, sizeof(*pcaps),
> +			     GFP_KERNEL);

Just in case it isn't clear, please use plain kzalloc/kfree in this code.

Thank you.