Re: [KJ] kmalloc to kzalloc patches for drivers/block [sane version]

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Jiri Slaby wrote:
Om Narasimhan wrote:
[...]
--- a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static int __init cpqarray_register_ctlr
    hba[i]->cmd_pool = (cmdlist_t *)pci_alloc_consistent(
        hba[i]->pci_dev, NR_CMDS * sizeof(cmdlist_t),
        &(hba[i]->cmd_pool_dhandle));
-    hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits = kmalloc(
+    hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits = kzalloc(
        ((NR_CMDS+BITS_PER_LONG-1)/BITS_PER_LONG)*sizeof(unsigned long),
        GFP_KERNEL);

kcalloc?

Agreed on every comment except this one. That complex expression is really just a constant in the end, so there is no point in using kcalloc.

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