linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] ALSA: use vmalloc

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Message-ID: <aKxCbceDzTFom2Mq@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:01:01 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@...o.com>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
	Philipp Stanner <phasta@...nel.org>,
	Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	"open list:SOUND" <linux-sound@...r.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ALSA: use vmalloc_array() to simplify code

On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 09:55:09PM +0800, Qianfeng Rong wrote:
> Remove array_size() calls and replace vmalloc() with vmalloc_array() to
> simplify the code and maintain consistency with existing kmalloc_array()
> usage.
> 
> vmalloc_array() is also optimized better, resulting in less instructions
> being used [1].

Have you considered using sizeof(*...) where it makes sense?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko