linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused allocation wrapper functions

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Message-ID: <aYIQ8iJ5R11IxcA7@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 17:14:58 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Minu Jin <s9430939@...er.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, dan.carpenter@...aro.org,
	trohan2000@...il.com, andy@...nel.org,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, straube.linux@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused allocation
 wrapper functions

On Sun, Feb 01, 2026 at 04:30:01AM +0900, Minu Jin wrote:
> All memory allocation call sites have been migrated to kernel
> APIs (kmalloc, kzalloc, and skb functions). Therefore, the custom

kmalloc()
kzalloc()

> wrapper layer is no longer necessary.
> 
> This patch removes all redundant wrapper functions and macros from
> osdep_service.c and include/osdep_service.h, including unused macros
> like rtw_skb_alloc_f.

rtw_skb_alloc_f()

...

> -void *_rtw_zmalloc(u32 sz)
> -{
> -	void *pbuf = kmalloc(sz, in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (pbuf)
> -		memset(pbuf, 0, sz);
> -
> -	return pbuf;

This change should remove the _original_ implementation, so no need to have a
churn to first convert this and then remove it.

> -}

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko