netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Use kcalloc()

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Message-ID: <362c9237-237c-4e81-81e6-c15761baacb4@lunn.ch>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:17:20 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Use kcalloc()

On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 02:35:50PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Use kcalloc() instead of hand writing it. This is less verbose.
> 
> Also move the initialization of 'count' to save some LoC.
> 
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
> Before:
> ======
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   18652	   5920	     64	  24636	   603c	drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/devlink.o
> 
> After:
> =====
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   18498	   5920	     64	  24482	   5fa2	drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/devlink.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew