netdev - Re: [PATCH 19/19] e1000: major part of the new API changes

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Date:	Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:56:32 -0700
From:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	jeff@...zik.org, bruce.w.allan@...el.com,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
	cramerj@...el.com, john.ronciak@...el.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/19] e1000: major part of the new API changes

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>>  
>> +s32
>> +e1000_alloc_zeroed_dev_spec_struct(struct e1000_hw *hw, u32 size)
>> +{
>> +	hw->dev_spec = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +
>> +	if (!hw->dev_spec)
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +	memset(hw->dev_spec, 0, size);
>> +
>> +	return E1000_SUCCESS;
>> +}
>>   
> 
> This is what is wrong with a lot of the new code. It is written as
> verbose as possible.
> 
> What is wrong with open coded
>     hw->dev_spec = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL).

nothing, I'll make sure that we change this. Please remember that this code was 
written over a period of about 1 year, and a lot of cleanups that happened in 
other parts of e1000 may very well have been overlooked. Also, it may be "ugly" 
but it's definately not wrong at all.

>> +
>> +void
>> +e1000_free_dev_spec_struct(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>> +{
>> +	if (!hw->dev_spec)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	kfree(hw->dev_spec);
>> +}
>> +
>>   
> Almost looks like you contracted this out to someone paid by the LOC.

will fix, thanks for the comments.

Auke

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