linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SH/Dreamcast - add support for GD-Rom device

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Message-Id: <200712271411.55677.vapier@gentoo.org>
Date:	Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:11:54 -0500
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Cc:	Adrian McMenamin <lkmladrian@...il.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SH/Dreamcast - add support for GD-Rom device

On Thursday 27 December 2007, Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 01:26:47AM +0000, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > +static int gdrom_get_last_session(struct cdrom_device_info *cd_info,
> > struct cdrom_multisession *ms_info) +{
> > +	int fentry, lentry, track, data, tocuse, err;
> > +	kfree(gd.toc);
> > +	gd.toc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct gdromtoc), GFP_KERNEL);
>
> Er, what? The size of this never changes, allocate it once, and just
> overload it every time you step in to this function. There's no reason to
> free it and reallocate every time. Shove it in your probe routine with
> the rest of your kzallocs.

since gd is a global, just dont declare toc as a pointer ...
-mike

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