Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: wilc1000: host_interface.c: replace WILC_MALLOC with kmalloc

From: Sudip Mukherjee
Date: Fri Sep 11 2015 - 06:56:13 EST


On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 01:27:53PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> WILC_MALLOC(size) is wrapping a call to kmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC) with a
> check for 'size > 0', which kmalloc handles anyway
>
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
>
> @@
> expression v, s;
> type t;
> identifier i;
> @@
> (
> - v = WILC_MALLOC(s);
> + v = kmalloc(s, GFP_ATOMIC);
> |
> - t i = WILC_MALLOC(s);
> + t i = kmalloc(s, GFP_ATOMIC);
> )
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Have you checked if it will be GFP_ATOMIC or GFP_KERNEL?
I think I can see many places where it will be GFP_KERNEL.

regards
sudip
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