On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 12:42:50PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > + new_dev = (struct netconsole_device*)kmalloc(
> > + sizeof(struct netconsole_device), GFP_ATOMIC);
>
> Cast of void * is unnecessary.
Also,
1. use kzalloc rather than kmalloc+memset
2. use p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p) rather than p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct foo)
3. use goto to common error exit code rather than local return
> > + if (!new_dev) {
> > + printk(KERN_INFO "netconsole: kmalloc() failed!\n");
> > + kfree(netcon_dev_config);
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + }
> > + memset(new_dev, 0, sizeof(struct netconsole_device));
-andy
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