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

[Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com>]

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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