linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use directly kmalloc() and kfree() in init/initramfs.c

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:46:47 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mpm@...enic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use directly kmalloc() and kfree() in init/initramfs.c


On Feb 15 2008 12:13, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>+++ linux/init/initramfs.c
>@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
> 			continue;
> 		return (*p)->name;
> 	}
>-	q = (struct hash *)malloc(sizeof(struct hash));
>+	q = (struct hash *)kmalloc(sizeof(struct hash), GFP_KERNEL);

Remove the cast while you are at it, thanks :)

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