Re: [PATCH 04/17] spi: fsl: Use kmalloc_array() in of_fsl_spi_get_chipselects()

From: Mark Brown
Date: Tue Jan 17 2017 - 13:29:51 EST


On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 06:12:23PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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.

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