linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM-S390: Improve determination of sizes in kvm_s390_import_bp

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:58:07 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     wharms@....de, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian Bornträger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM-S390: Improve determination of sizes in
 kvm_s390_import_bp_data()

On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 12:55:11 +0200
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> wrote:

> This is _not_ premature optimization.  (k)calloc tells the reader that
> it's safe not to initialize part of the array.  kmalloc_array says the
> opposite.  Using the right function adds important hints in the
> code---which unlike comments cannot get stale without also introducing
> visible bugs.

Ack. I'd accept a patch changing this to use kmalloc_array.