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Message-ID: <20070917161706.GA28431@2ka.mipt.ru>
Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:17:07 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Sean Hefty <mshefty@...ips.intel.com>
Cc:	Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	rdreier@...co.com, general@...ts.openfabrics.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH v2] iw_cxgb3: Support "iwarp-only" interfaces to avoid 4-tuple conflicts.

On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:09:06AM -0700, Sean Hefty (mshefty@...ips.intel.com) wrote:
> >>>+    addr = kmalloc(sizeof *addr, GFP_KERNEL);
> >>
> >>As a small nitpick: this wants to be sizeof(struct in_ifaddr)
> 
> See chapter 14 of CodingStyle document.  kmalloc(sizeof *addr... is correct.

Come on, do not start a flame war about how parameters into kmalloc
should be provided - there are much more serious issues unresolved yes. It
does help grepping the code, but if you feel that this is a serious threat,
then use your preferred way.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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