On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Denys Vlasenko wrote:

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> 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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