From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Boaz Harrosh Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: lpfc: lpfc_init: use kcalloc for allocating memory Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:48:29 +0300 Message-ID: <5345257D.6040102@gmail.com> References: <1396989746-29647-1-git-send-email-eu@opreamatei.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1396989746-29647-1-git-send-email-eu@opreamatei.ro> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Matei Oprea , jbottomley@parallels.com Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ROSEdu Kernel Community List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On 04/08/2014 11:42 PM, Matei Oprea wrote: > It's easier to use kcalloc for allocating arrays. While at it > also remove useless casting value. > > Signed-off-by: Matei Oprea > Cc: ROSEdu Kernel Community > --- > drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c | 14 ++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c > index 635eeb3..1528f34 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c > @@ -4742,12 +4742,14 @@ lpfc_sli_driver_resource_setup(struct lpfc_hba *phba) > phba->cfg_sg_seg_cnt = LPFC_DEFAULT_MENLO_SG_SEG_CNT; > } > > - if (!phba->sli.ring) > - phba->sli.ring = (struct lpfc_sli_ring *) > - kzalloc(LPFC_SLI3_MAX_RING * > - sizeof(struct lpfc_sli_ring), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!phba->sli.ring) > - return -ENOMEM; > + if (unlikely(!phba->sli.ring)) { As Joe Perches said this one is not unlikely, it might or it might not depending on state. > + phba->sli.ring = kcalloc(LPFC_SLI3_MAX_RING, > + sizeof(struct lpfc_sli_ring), > + GFP_KERNEL); > + > + if (!phba->sli.ring) but this one is unlikely. This is the error path so we want the hot path to be decoded by the CPU. > + return -ENOMEM; > + } > > /* > * Since lpfc_sg_seg_cnt is module parameter, the sg_dma_buf_size > Cheers Boaz