linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] drivers/block/aoe: Use kzalloc for allocating only one thing

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Message-ID: <20091219182254.GB2266@Ed-Cashins-MacBook-Pro.local>
Date:	Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:22:54 -0500
From:	Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] drivers/block/aoe: Use kzalloc for allocating only one thing

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 08:16:13AM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> 
> Use kzalloc rather than kcalloc(1,...)

I suppose so.  The calloc function has always been silly, but
everybody knows that, so I don't really think this patch helps
anything.  I guess somebody disagrees with me.
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