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Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging/rdma/hfi1: consolidate kmalloc_array+memset into kcalloc

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From Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at>
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Subject Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging/rdma/hfi1: consolidate kmalloc_array+memset into kcalloc
Date Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:50:03 +0100
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On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 03:28:46PM +0000, Marciniszyn, Mike wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c
> > @@ -10128,8 +10128,7 @@ static void init_qos(struct hfi1_devdata *dd,
> > u32 first_ctxt)
> >  		goto bail;
> >  	if (num_vls * qpns_per_vl > dd->chip_rcv_contexts)
> >  		goto bail;
> > -	rsmmap = kmalloc_array(NUM_MAP_REGS, sizeof(u64),
> > GFP_KERNEL);
> > -	memset(rsmmap, rxcontext, NUM_MAP_REGS * sizeof(u64));
> > +	rsmmap = kcalloc(NUM_MAP_REGS, sizeof(u64), GFP_KERNEL);
> >  	/* init the local copy of the table */
> >  	for (i = 0, ctxt = first_ctxt; i < num_vls; i++) {
> >  		unsigned tctxt;
> > --
> 
> I'm NAKing this.
> 
> There is a chip specific difference that accounts for the current code.
>
I obviously made a real mess here.
I incorrectly concluded that rxcontext is 0 which it is not in some cases

sorry for the noise.

thx!
hofrat



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[PATCH 1/3] staging/rdma/hfi1: consolidate kmalloc_array+memset into kcalloc Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@osadl.org> - 2015-12-14 16:00 +0100
  RE: [PATCH 1/3] staging/rdma/hfi1: consolidate kmalloc_array+memset  into kcalloc "Marciniszyn, Mike" <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com> - 2015-12-14 16:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging/rdma/hfi1: consolidate kmalloc_array+memset  into kcalloc Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> - 2015-12-14 18:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging/rdma/hfi1: consolidate kmalloc_array+memset  into kcalloc Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2015-12-14 19:20 +0100

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