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

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Jesper Juhl wrote:
> On 21/07/06, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
> > Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > >> On 7/21/06, Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> 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.
> >
> > I suggest:
> >  - check if "sizeof(type)"->"sizeof(*ptr)" is correct
> >  - if yes, change it
> [snip]
> >  - better style of the size argument where correct,
>
> Who says it's "better style" ?
> You can argue that   sizeof(type) is more readable.
> When reading the code you don't have to go lookup the type of ptr in
> sizeof(*ptr)  before you know what type the code is working with.

All the more reason that such changes -- unrelated to kzalloc/kcalloc 
conversion -- should be in a separate patch.

	Jeff



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