Re: [PATCH] identify_ppc_sys_by_name_and_id function implementation final

[Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 02:16:57PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> +static int __init find_chip_by_name_and_id(char *name, u32 id)
> +{
> +    int ret = -1;
> +    unsigned int i = 0;
> +    unsigned int j = 0;
> +    unsigned int dups = 0;
> +
> +    unsigned int matched[count_sys_specs()];
> 
> Is is legit in the kernel to use dynamically sized array?

kmalloc() is certainly safer - why not use it? 

> +
> +    while (strcmp(ppc_sys_specs[i].ppc_sys_name, "")) {
> +        if (!strcmp(ppc_sys_specs[i].ppc_sys_name, name))
> +            matched[j++] = i;
> +        i++;
> +    }
> +    if (j != 0) {
> +        for (i = 0; i < j; i++) {
> +            if ((ppc_sys_specs[matched[i]].mask & id) ==
> +                ppc_sys_specs[matched[i]].value) {
> +                ret = matched[i];
> +                dups++;
> +            }
> +        }
> +        ret = (dups == 1) ? ret : (-1 * dups);
> +    }
> +    return ret;
> +}
> 
> On Aug 10, 2005, at 1:01 PM, Vitaly Bordug wrote:
> 
> >Finally correct indentation style.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <vbordug@ru.mvista.com>
> >> >-- 
> >Sincerely,
> >Vitaly
> >
> ><ppc_sys_add.patch>
> ><ATT87954.txt>
> >
> 
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