linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dm raid1: Use struct

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Message-ID: <a6b3127e-11cb-4dc8-7db8-e526521d11d9@web.de>
Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 14:45:30 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dm raid1: Use struct_size() in kzalloc()

> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
> @@ -878,12 +878,9 @@ static struct mirror_set *alloc_context(unsigned int nr_mirrors,
>  					struct dm_target *ti,
>  					struct dm_dirty_log *dl)
>  {
> -	size_t len;
>  	struct mirror_set *ms = NULL;
…

How do you think about to replace the initialisation “NULL” by the desired function call?

Regards,
Markus