linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] cpufreq: Add helper to perform alloc/free of policy structure

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:39:58 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	rjw@...k.pl, toralf.foerster@....de, robert.jarzmik@...el.com,
	durgadoss.r@...el.com, tianyu.lan@...el.com,
	lantianyu1986@...il.com, dirk.brandewie@...il.com,
	stern@...land.harvard.edu, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] cpufreq: Add helper to perform alloc/free of policy structure

On 12 July 2013 03:46, Srivatsa S. Bhat
<srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Separate out the allocation of the cpufreq policy structure (along with
> its error handling) to a helper function. This makes the code easier to
> read and also helps with some upcoming code reorganization.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c |   50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index f8c3100..ca14dc2 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -943,6 +943,37 @@ static int cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int sibling,
>  }
>  #endif
>
> +static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(void)
> +{
> +       struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> +
> +       policy = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy), GFP_KERNEL);

sizeof(*policy) ??

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/