Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S941711AbcJYMqP (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2016 08:46:15 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:47784 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933206AbcJYMqN (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2016 08:46:13 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: CsCXEuOSbAf91LjyGW8gajYNq3gCwt0pY5RDFJo6N+eq 1477399571 Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:46:17 +0100 From: Andrey Utkin To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: SF Markus Elfring , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, Hans Verkuil , Laurent Pinchart , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Rafael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Louren=E7o?= de Lima Chehab , Shuah Khan , Wolfram Sang , LKML , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] [media] au0828-video: Use kcalloc() in au0828_init_isoc() Message-ID: <20161025124617.GB6567@stationary.pb.com> References: <68ad1aaa-c029-04b9-805a-e859f6c2d2d5@users.sourceforge.net> <20161024222844.GD25320@dell-m4800.home> <20161024221115.3632aa5c@vento.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161024221115.3632aa5c@vento.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2399 Lines: 58 On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:11:15PM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Em Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:28:44 +0100 > Andrey Utkin escreveu: > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:59:24PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > > > From: Markus Elfring > > > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:08:47 +0200 > > > > > > * Multiplications for the size determination of memory allocations > > > indicated that array data structures should be processed. > > > Thus use the corresponding function "kcalloc". > > > > > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > > > > > * Replace the specification of data types by pointer dereferences > > > to make the corresponding size determination a bit safer according to > > > the Linux coding style convention. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring > > > --- > > > drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c | 11 +++++++---- > > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c > > > index 85dd9a8..85b13c1 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c > > > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c > > > @@ -221,15 +221,18 @@ static int au0828_init_isoc(struct au0828_dev *dev, int max_packets, > > > > > > dev->isoc_ctl.isoc_copy = isoc_copy; > > > dev->isoc_ctl.num_bufs = num_bufs; > > > - > > > > > - dev->isoc_ctl.urb = kzalloc(sizeof(void *)*num_bufs, GFP_KERNEL); > > > + dev->isoc_ctl.urb = kcalloc(num_bufs, > > > + sizeof(*dev->isoc_ctl.urb), > > > + GFP_KERNEL); > > > > What about this (for both hunks)? > > > > - dev->isoc_ctl.urb = kzalloc(sizeof(void *)*num_bufs, GFP_KERNEL); > > + dev->isoc_ctl.urb = > > + kcalloc(num_bufs, sizeof(*dev->isoc_ctl.urb), GFP_KERNEL); Now i see that also this should suit style better than original variant: dev->isoc_ctl.urb = kcalloc(num_bufs, sizeof(*dev->isoc_ctl.urb), GFP_KERNEL); That's what vim with github.com/vivien/vim-linux-coding-style plugin proposes. > That's worse :) I was about to send long emotional noobish bikeshedding rant arguing with this point, but restrained from that keeping in mind that I want to proceed contributing to the codebase successfully :) I'll keep my coding style preferences for myself for a while.