linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 11/11] hwmon: (coretemp) Use dynamic allocated memory for core temp

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Message-ID: <c9589909-5c24-418b-96fd-f0fcb2be6a8f@roeck-us.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2024 06:50:38 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc: jdelvare@...e.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 11/11] hwmon: (coretemp) Use dynamic allocated memory
 for core temp_data

On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 05:21:44PM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:
> The total memory needed for saving per core temperature data depends on
> the number of cores in a package. Using static allocated memory wastes
> memories on systems with low per package core count.
> 
> Improve the code to use dynamic allocated memory so that it can be
> improved further when per package core count information becomes
> available.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>

Applied.

Thanks,
Guenter