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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 07:37:20 +0000
Subject: Re: IA64-IRQ: Use kmalloc_array() in sn_irq_lh_init()
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To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

> While elimination of code duplication should be good,
> what it means it you should avoid making changes that
> are merely mechanical and strive to make changes that
> improve code execution speed or reduce overall object
> size while not impacting overall execution speed.

Do other contributors spot any further improvement opportunities
with a higher value in the source files for this software module?

Regards,
Markus