linux-kernel - RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-af: Initialize bitmap arrays.

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:06:40 +0000
From: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
To: Brett Creeley <bcreeley@....com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org"
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net"
	<davem@...emloft.net>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <sbhatta@...vell.com>,
        Geethasowjanya Akula
	<gakula@...vell.com>,
        Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-af: Initialize bitmap arrays.

> From: Brett Creeley <bcreeley@....com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-af: Initialize bitmap arrays.
> Is there any reason to not use:
> 
> bitmap_zalloc() and bitmap_free()?
Will follow simon's suggestion to keep patch diff minimal. As bitmap_zalloc() does not give any advantage over the other.

> 
> This is pretty much bitmap_zalloc(), except with devm. As Simon is asking, is
> devm really necessary? 
Will use kcalloc.