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Message-ID: <20170308140304.GC4828@yuval-lap>
Date:   Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:03:06 +0200
From:   Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@...cle.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        Devesh Sharma <devesh.sharma@...gotech.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
        Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
        Selvin Xavier <selvin.xavier@...gotech.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/26] IB/ocrdma: Use kcalloc() in
 ocrdma_mbx_alloc_pd_range()

On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 01:41:00PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 18:23:54 +0100
> 
> * Multiplications for the size determination of memory allocations
>   indicated that array data structures should be processed.
>   Thus reuse the corresponding function "kcalloc".
> 
>   This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> * Delete the local variable "pd_bitmap_size" which became unnecessary with
>   this refactoring.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c
> index cbac41b15d94..d5a3127b6df8 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c
> @@ -1505,7 +1505,6 @@ int ocrdma_mbx_dealloc_pd(struct ocrdma_dev *dev, struct ocrdma_pd *pd)
>  static int ocrdma_mbx_alloc_pd_range(struct ocrdma_dev *dev)
>  {
>  	int status = -ENOMEM;
> -	size_t pd_bitmap_size;
>  	struct ocrdma_alloc_pd_range *cmd;
>  	struct ocrdma_alloc_pd_range_rsp *rsp;
>  
> @@ -1527,10 +1526,10 @@ static int ocrdma_mbx_alloc_pd_range(struct ocrdma_dev *dev)
>  			dev->pd_mgr->pd_dpp_start = rsp->dpp_page_pdid &
>  					OCRDMA_ALLOC_PD_RNG_RSP_START_PDID_MASK;
>  			dev->pd_mgr->max_dpp_pd = rsp->pd_count;
> -			pd_bitmap_size =
> -				BITS_TO_LONGS(rsp->pd_count) * sizeof(long);
> -			dev->pd_mgr->pd_dpp_bitmap = kzalloc(pd_bitmap_size,
> -							     GFP_KERNEL);
> +			dev->pd_mgr->pd_dpp_bitmap
> +				= kcalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(rsp->pd_count),
> +							sizeof(long),
> +							GFP_KERNEL);

kzalloc gives "clean" buffer.
Just making sure that it is fine with you if the array is not "clean".
(looking at _ocrdma_pd_mgr_get_bitmap i think it should).

>  		}
>  		kfree(cmd);
>  	}
> @@ -1546,9 +1545,10 @@ static int ocrdma_mbx_alloc_pd_range(struct ocrdma_dev *dev)
>  		dev->pd_mgr->pd_norm_start = rsp->dpp_page_pdid &
>  					OCRDMA_ALLOC_PD_RNG_RSP_START_PDID_MASK;
>  		dev->pd_mgr->max_normal_pd = rsp->pd_count;
> -		pd_bitmap_size = BITS_TO_LONGS(rsp->pd_count) * sizeof(long);
> -		dev->pd_mgr->pd_norm_bitmap = kzalloc(pd_bitmap_size,
> -						      GFP_KERNEL);
> +		dev->pd_mgr->pd_norm_bitmap
> +			= kcalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(rsp->pd_count),
> +						sizeof(long),
> +						GFP_KERNEL);
>  	}
>  	kfree(cmd);
>  
> -- 
> 2.12.0
> 
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