linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] drivers/scsi : Correct the size argument to kmalloc

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Date:	Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:02:42 +0100
From:	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	James.Bottomley@...e.de, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] drivers/scsi : Correct the size argument to kmalloc

Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> 
> In each case, the destination of the allocation has type struct **, so the
> elements of the array should have pointer type, not structure type.

Maybe they should even by kcalloc'ed?

Eike

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