Re: [PATCH] drivers: Conversions from kmalloc+memset to k(z|c)alloc.

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Pekka Enberg wrote:
On 7/21/06, Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]> wrote:
> -     if (!(handle = kmalloc(sizeof(struct input_handle), GFP_KERNEL)))
> +     handle = kzalloc(sizeof(struct input_handle), GFP_KERNEL);
> +     if (!handle)
>               return NULL;

sizeof(*handle)?

In general, yes. However, some maintainers don't like that, so I would
recommend to keep them as-is unless you get a clear ack from the
maintainer to change it.

Strongly agreed. Follow the style of the existing code as closely as possible, and resist the temptation of making little "improvements" while you are doing a task...

	Jeff



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