| Date | Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:27:11 +0000 | From | Mark Brown <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 04/17] spi: fsl: Use kmalloc_array() in of_fsl_spi_get_chipselects() |
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On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 06:12:23PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:37:25 +0100 > > A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation > indicated that an array data structure should be processed. > Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array".
The previous patch changed a similar call site to use kcalloc() with a similar explanation, the choice of function to translate to seems entirely random since the changelogs don't address the zeroing that kzalloc() and kcalloc() do but kmalloc() and kmalloc_array() don't. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] |