Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] wireless/at76c50x-usb.c : Use devm_kzalloc replaces kmalloc

From: Kalle Valo <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 08:32:37 +0200

Eric Dumazet <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 2:35 PM Lizhe <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> use devm_kzalloc replaces kamlloc
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lizhe <[email-masked]>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c | 3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
>> index 009bca34ece3..ebd8ef525557 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
>> @@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ static int at76_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
>>
>>         udev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(interface));
>>
>> -       fwv = kmalloc(sizeof(*fwv), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +       fwv = devm_kzalloc(sizeof(*fwv), GFP_KERNEL);
>
> Have you compiled this patch ?

Clearly not:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/[email-masked]/

Lizhe, do not EVER submit untested patches. In some simple patches doing
just a compilation test might suffice, but please mention the patch is
only compile tested clearly in the commit log. But not even doing a
compilation test is a big no.

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