linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/25] scsi: hisi_sas: add scsi host registration

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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:16:55 +0100
From:	John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	<James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linuxarm@...wei.com>, <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>,
	<linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <xuwei5@...ilicon.com>,
	<john.garry2@...l.dcu.ie>, <hare@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/25] scsi: hisi_sas: add scsi host registration

On 12/10/2015 16:21, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 12 October 2015 23:20:16 John Garry wrote:
>> +
>> +       shost = scsi_host_alloc(&hisi_sas_sht, sizeof(void *));
>> +       if (!shost)
>> +               return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +       hisi_hba = hisi_sas_hba_alloc(pdev, shost, np);
>> +       if (!hisi_hba) {
>> +               rc = -ENOMEM;
>> +               goto err_out_ha;
>> +       }
>
> You can collapse the allocations into one and just pass sizeof(*hisi_hba)
> instead of sizeof(void *) above.
>
Will address.

>
>> +       sha = SHOST_TO_SAS_HA(shost) = &hisi_hba->sha;
>> +       platform_set_drvdata(pdev, sha);
>> +
>> +       phy_nr = port_nr = HISI_SAS_MAX_PHYS;
>> +
>> +       arr_phy = devm_kcalloc(dev, phy_nr, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +       arr_port = devm_kcalloc(dev, port_nr, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +       if (!arr_phy || !arr_port)
>> +               return -ENOMEM;
>
> And since these are fixed-size arrays, they can be moved in there as well.
>
In a later patch we set as follows:
phy_nr = port_nr = hisi_hba->n_phy;

You did say in our earlier private review that we could add statically 
to hba strcut, but I commented that other vendors do similar so I would 
wait for more input.

> 	Arnd
>
> .
>

Thanks,
John

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