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Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:07:47 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:07:30 -0600 Message-Id: Cc: "Michael Straube" , , Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: use kzalloc_obj() instead of kzalloc() From: "Ethan Tidmore" To: "Mariyam Shahid" , "Greg Kroah-Hartman" X-Mailer: aerc 0.21.0-0-g5549850facc2 References: <20260216161733.7704-1-mariyam.shahid135@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20260216161733.7704-1-mariyam.shahid135@gmail.com> On Mon Feb 16, 2026 at 10:17 AM CST, Mariyam Shahid wrote: > Replace kzalloc() using sizeof(*ptr) with kzalloc_obj() to improve > type safety. kzalloc_obj() ensures that the size allocated matches > the type of the pointer automatically, which prevents potential > mismatches if the pointer type is ever refactored. > > This change cleans up a checkpatch.pl warning: > "Prefer kzalloc_obj over kzalloc with sizeof" > > Signed-off-by: Mariyam Shahid > --- Hi, The macro kzalloc_obj() is not in staging-next yet, so you'll likely get a kernel test robot email. So, wait until this macro is in this branch and then send this patch. Thanks, ET