Re: [PATCH] Reduce nr of ptr derefs in drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_core.c

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On 12/11/05, Gregor Jasny <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jesper Juhl schrieb:
> > --- linux-2.6.15-rc5-git1-orig/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_core.c      2005-12-04 18:48:04.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-2.6.15-rc5-git1/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_core.c   2005-12-11 05:46:58.000000000 +0100
> @@ -114,59 +117,66 @@ static int init_slots(struct controller
>         slot_number = ctrl->first_slot;
>
>         while (number_of_slots) {
> -               new_slot = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_slot), GFP_KERNEL);
> -               if (!new_slot)
> +               slot = kmalloc(sizeof(*slot), GFP_KERNEL);
> +               if (!slot)
>                         goto error;
>
> -               memset(new_slot, 0, sizeof(struct slot));
> -               new_slot->hotplug_slot =
> -                       kmalloc(sizeof(*(new_slot->hotplug_slot)),
> +               memset(slot, 0, sizeof(struct slot));
> +               slot->hotplug_slot =
> +                               kmalloc(sizeof(*(slot->hotplug_slot)),
>
> Just one suggestion:
>
> In your patches I've seen a lot of kmalloc + memset calls. Perhaps you
> can convert them to kzalloc? This would improve readability even more.
>

Good idea, but I think I'll do that as a seperate round of patches at
a later date. Added to my todo list. Thanks.

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