Re: [PATCH 09/30] mtd: Don't cast kmalloc() return value indrivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c

From: Robert P. J. Day
Date: Fri Aug 24 2007 - 06:53:36 EST


On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Denys Vlasenko wrote:

> On Friday 24 August 2007 00:52, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > kmalloc() returns a void pointer.
> > No need to cast it.
>
> > - msp_flash = (struct mtd_info **)kmalloc(
> > - fcnt * sizeof(struct map_info *), GFP_KERNEL);
> > - msp_parts = (struct mtd_partition **)kmalloc(
> > - fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition *), GFP_KERNEL);
> > - msp_maps = (struct map_info *)kmalloc(
> > - fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + msp_flash = kmalloc(fcnt * sizeof(struct map_info *), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + msp_parts = kmalloc(fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition *), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + msp_maps = kmalloc(fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> > memset(msp_maps, 0, fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_info));
>
> This one wants kzalloc.
>
> > - msp_parts[i] = (struct mtd_partition *)kmalloc(
> > - pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + msp_parts[i] = kmalloc(pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition),
> > + GFP_KERNEL);
> > memset(msp_parts[i], 0, pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition));
> >
> > /* now initialize the devices proper */
>
> Same

actually, i would think kcalloc would be more appropriate here, no?

rday
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