Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Fix syntax of kmalloc_objs example in coding style doc
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 14:49:57 EST
Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The first parameter should match the variable that the allocated memory
> is assigned to. Fix the example accordingly, the one for kmalloc_obj got
> it right already.
>
> Fixes: 7c6d969d5349 ("Documentation: adopt new coding style of type-aware kmalloc-family")
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
> index a3bf75dc7c88..a8336582f60b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
> @@ -959,13 +959,13 @@ The preferred form for allocating an array is the following:
>
> .. code-block:: c
>
> - p = kmalloc_objs(*ptr, n, ...);
> + p = kmalloc_objs(*p, n, ...);
>
> The preferred form for allocating a zeroed array is the following:
>
> .. code-block:: c
>
> - p = kzalloc_objs(*ptr, n, ...);
> + p = kzalloc_objs(*p, n, ...);
>
> Both forms check for overflow on the allocation size n * sizeof(...),
> and return NULL if that occurred.
Applied, thanks.
jon