linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: Conversions from kmalloc+memset to k(z|c)alloc.

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Date:	Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:58:41 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Rolf Eike Beer" <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
Cc:	"Panagiotis Issaris" <takis@...umba.uhasselt.be>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, len.brown@...el.com,
	chas@....nrl.navy.mil, miquel@...uba.ar, kkeil@...e.de,
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	thomas@...ischhofer.net, weissg@...nna.at, philb@....org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: Conversions from kmalloc+memset to k(z|c)alloc.

On 7/21/06, Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de> wrote:
> > -     if (!(handle = kmalloc(sizeof(struct input_handle), GFP_KERNEL)))
> > +     handle = kzalloc(sizeof(struct input_handle), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +     if (!handle)
> >               return NULL;
>
> sizeof(*handle)?

In general, yes. However, some maintainers don't like that, so I would
recommend to keep them as-is unless you get a clear ack from the
maintainer to change it.
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