From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Cameron Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging iio: Replace kmalloc with local variable Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:00:23 +0100 Message-ID: <4DEE20E7.4020008@cam.ac.uk> References: <1307450354.1516.23.camel@anish-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1307450354.1516.23.camel@anish-desktop> Sender: linux-iio-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: anish Cc: gregkh-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org, manuel.stahl-GeUHRtUQU7nSyEMIgutvibNAH6kLmebB@public.gmane.org, lucas.demarchi-Y3ZbgMPKUGA34EUeqzHoZw@public.gmane.org, devel-gWbeCf7V1WCQmaza687I9mD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-iio-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Linux I2C List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org On 06/07/11 13:39, anish wrote: > From: anish kumar > > replaced kmalloc with local variable as I2C(in this case) doesn't require > kmalloc memory it can do with stack memory. I've cc'd linux-i2c just to check I'm right about the whole i2c doesn't need dma safe buffers bit... > > Signed-off-by: anish kumar Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron > --- > drivers/staging/iio/adc/max1363_core.c | 5 +---- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/max1363_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/max1363_core.c > index 1037087..9462230 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/max1363_core.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/max1363_core.c > @@ -207,15 +207,12 @@ static int max1363_write_basic_config(struct i2c_client *client, > unsigned char d2) > { > int ret; > - u8 *tx_buf = kmalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL); > + u8 tx_buf[2]; > > - if (!tx_buf) > - return -ENOMEM; > tx_buf[0] = d1; > tx_buf[1] = d2; > > ret = i2c_master_send(client, tx_buf, 2); > - kfree(tx_buf); > > return (ret > 0) ? 0 : ret; > }