netdev - Re: ISDN-Gigaset: Fine-tuning for three function implementations

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Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2016 07:10:23 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:     gigaset307x-common@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Karsten Keil <isdn@...ux-pingi.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: ISDN-Gigaset: Fine-tuning for three function implementations

>>   Use kmalloc_array() in two functions
>>   Improve another size determination in gigaset_initcs()
>>   Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation
>>   Release memory in gigaset_initcs() after an allocation failure
> 
> Which "static source code analysis" was used for that discovery?

Are you eventually asking more for the development tools which were involved here?

* Coccinelle software

* Script "checkpatch.pl"

* My own eyes with help of a current text editor and its programming support

Regards,
Markus