Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] rtc: pl030: Use devm_kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:25:11 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 19:18 -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > Do we have an > actual cases where this makes meaningful differences?
There are already a few array allocations where the array is completely reinitialized.
Does it matter? Shrug.
It's more API compatible and more symmetric.
Direct conversions of kmalloc blocks don't involve kmalloc->kzalloc translations, so it'll be bug-for-bug compatible.
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