Re: [PATCH] drivers: Conversions from kmalloc+memset to k(z|c)alloc.

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Fri Jul 21 2006 - 17:14:31 EST


Jesper Juhl wrote:
On 21/07/06, Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Pekka Enberg wrote:
>> On 7/21/06, Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > - if (!(handle = kmalloc(sizeof(struct input_handle), GFP_KERNEL)))
>>> > + handle = kzalloc(sizeof(struct input_handle), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> > + if (!handle)
>>> > return NULL;
>>>
>>> sizeof(*handle)?
>>
>> In general, yes. However, some maintainers don't like that, so I would
>> recommend to keep them as-is unless you get a clear ack from the
>> maintainer to change it.

I suggest:
- check if "sizeof(type)"->"sizeof(*ptr)" is correct
- if yes, change it
[snip]
- better style of the size argument where correct,

Who says it's "better style" ?
You can argue that sizeof(type) is more readable.
When reading the code you don't have to go lookup the type of ptr in
sizeof(*ptr) before you know what type the code is working with.

All the more reason that such changes -- unrelated to kzalloc/kcalloc conversion -- should be in a separate patch.

Jeff



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