Re: [patch -next] FMC: NULL dereference on allocation failure

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>> +	arr->record = kzalloc(sizeof(arr->record[0]) * n, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	arr->subtree = kzalloc(sizeof(arr->subtree[0]) * n, GFP_KERNEL);

> n comes from the hardware no?

Yes. Length of hardware description array.

> Maybe make these kcalloc too.

I'm not a fan of kcalloc. I think it removes readability. I remeber
kernel patches to swap the arguments, because people get them wrong.
Even Kernighan said it was a design error (in "the practice of
programming").  That said, I'm not the leader here.

thanks
/alessandro
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