[PATCH] staging: Change kzalloc to kcalloc

Nick Krause xerofoify at gmail.com
Thu Jul 24 16:50:31 UTC 2014


On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Måns Rullgård <mans at mansr.com> wrote:
> Nick Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Måns Rullgård <mans at mansr.com> wrote:
>>> Nick Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Måns Rullgård <mans at mansr.com> wrote:
>>>>> Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:47:25 -0400
>>>>>> Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
> Most kernel devs most certainly did NOT get started by spamming lkml
> with unnecessary and incorrect patches despite being repeatedly told to
> go away and stop wasting everybody's time.
>
> --
> Måns Rullgård
> mans at mansr.com



FIne , I give up. You want me to leave this then I wiil.
Nick


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