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

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Date:	Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:23:16 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>, 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

On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 21:04 +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> > 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?
> I thought about that, but in response to another patch someone seemed to 
> think kcalloc was not very useful.  But I can certainly change it in this 
> case.

I think kcalloc is useful and should be used when the
allocated array of elements needs to be zeroed.

It appears the uses in 1/5 and 3/5 don't need it but
maybe patch 2/5 and 4/5 should use kcalloc.


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