linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] staging: rtl8723bs: replace rtw

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Message-ID: <aYMdngzU2ux595lm@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:21:18 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Minu Jin <s9430939@...er.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, andy@...nel.org, dan.carpenter@...aro.org,
	trohan2000@...il.com, straube.linux@...il.com,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] staging: rtl8723bs: replace rtw_malloc() with
 kmalloc()

On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 03:44:51PM +0900, Minu Jin wrote:
> Replace the wrapper function rtw_malloc() with standard kmalloc().
> Call sites were reviewed to use appropriate GFP flags (GFP_KERNEL or
> GFP_ATOMIC) based on the execution context.
> 
> Also, convert error return codes from -1 to -ENOMEM where appropriate.

On the first glance LGTM,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko