linux-kernel - Re: s3c24xx: Use devm_kcalloc() in s3c24xx_dma

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Date:   Sun, 23 Apr 2017 12:38:42 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Tobias Jakobi <tjakobi@...h.uni-bielefeld.de>,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: s3c24xx: Use devm_kcalloc() in s3c24xx_dma_probe()

>> * A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation
>>   indicated that an array data structure should be processed.
>>   Thus use the corresponding function "devm_kcalloc".
> I have trouble parsing that sentences. This looks like the typical
> approach of native german speakers to directly transfer sentence
> constructions from German to English. Which, in most cases, doesn't work
> or is just plain confusing.

Do you find the following wording better to understand
if it would be presented by a script like “checkpatch.pl”?

WARNING: Prefer devm_kcalloc over devm_kzalloc with multiply


Regards,
Markus