Re: [PATCH] staging: Change kzalloc to kcalloc

From: Nick Krause
Date: Thu Jul 24 2014 - 12:36:00 EST


On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:34 PM, MÃns RullgÃrd <mans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nick Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:15 PM, MÃns RullgÃrd <mans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:47:25 -0400
>>>> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The three parameters are the number of elements, the size of each individual
>>>>> element, and then finally the flags used on how to allocate that memory.
>>>>> I have to say, you did get the flags part correct.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now lets look at what you did. For the size you had:
>>>>
>>>> That should have read "For the count you had:"
>>>>
>>>> Oh well, you get my point anyway.
>>>
>>> I have some doubts about the last bit.
>>
>> I am have this discussion with other kernel developers and just
>> because I send out one patch as a newbie like this doesn't mean I
>> don't known C.
>
> Now I no longer have doubts; I know for certain that the point didn't
> get across.
>
> --
> MÃns RullgÃrd
> mans@xxxxxxxxx

I get your point try other things but I talked to other kernel developers and
most of them seemed to get this feedback to when they started.
Nick
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