linux-kernel - Re: mtd/ftl: Use kmalloc_array() in build

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Message-ID: <e2e1d30e-b81f-d034-b266-37fec409350d@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:50:36 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mtd/ftl: Use kmalloc_array() in build_maps()

> The indentation has been changed and the new one looks wrong...

The source code formatting contained various open issues before already.


> If you want to fix the indentation to make it compliant with the Linux
> coding style, do it on the whole file so every thing is uniform.

Such a development task is too much for me today.


> Reviewing such dummy/automatic patches is a pure waste of time,
> so personally I think we should just ignore them.

How much do you care for the usage of a function like “kmalloc_array”?

Regards,
Markus