linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] [media] v4l2-core: Fine-tuning for some function implementations

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Date:   Tue, 27 Dec 2016 13:51:11 +0200
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, hverkuil@...all.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] [media] v4l2-core: Fine-tuning for some function
 implementations

Hi Markus,

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 09:41:19PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:30:12 +0100
> 
> Some update suggestions were taken into account
> from static source code analysis.
> 
> Markus Elfring (8):
>   v4l2-async: Use kmalloc_array() in v4l2_async_notifier_unregister()
>   v4l2-async: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in v4l2_async_notifier_unregister()
>   videobuf-dma-sg: Use kmalloc_array() in videobuf_dma_init_user_locked()
>   videobuf-dma-sg: Adjust 24 checks for null values
>   videobuf-dma-sg: Move two assignments for error codes in __videobuf_mmap_mapper()
>   videobuf-dma-sg: Improve a size determination in __videobuf_mmap_mapper()
>   videobuf-dma-sg: Delete an unnecessary return statement in videobuf_vm_close()
>   videobuf-dma-sg: Add some spaces for better code readability in videobuf_dma_init_user_locked()

I don't really disagree with the videobuf changes as such --- the original
code sure seems quite odd, but I wonder whether we want to do this kind of
cleanups in videobuf. Videobuf will be removed likely in not too distant
future; when exactly, Hans can guesstimate better than me. Cc him.

-- 
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@....fi	XMPP: sailus@...iisi.org.uk