linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] usb: gadget: ffs: Fix sparse error

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Date:	Thu, 8 Jan 2015 11:02:36 -0600
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
CC:	Rohith Seelaboyina <rseelaboyina@...dia.com>, <balbi@...com>,
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <r.baldyga@...sung.com>,
	<andrzej.p@...sung.com>, <joe@...ches.com>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] usb: gadget: ffs: Fix sparse error

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 03:23:07PM +0100, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 24 2014, Rohith Seelaboyina wrote:
> > This patch fixes the sparse error in functionfs
> > driver.
> >
> > drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c:400:44: error: bad
> > constant experssion.
> >
> > Dynamic memory allocation through kcalloc is more safer
> > than declaring variable array size, Fix this error by
> > using kcalloc for memory allocation, Check if memory
> > allocation is successful and return -ENOMEM on failure.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rohith Seelaboyina <rseelaboyina@...dia.com>
> 
> This has already been addressed in a way that does not require dynamic
> allocation: <https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/10/513>.  I'd rather patch
> attached at the end would be applied.

can you send below as a proper patch ?

thanks

-- 
balbi

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