Re: [PATCH 2/4] SCSI-QLA4...: Less function calls in qla4xxx_is_session_exists() after error detection

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On Sat, 7 Feb 2015, Dan Carpenter wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 11:15:13PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
> > index 2a00fd3..a7ca479 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
> > @@ -6327,17 +6327,15 @@ static int qla4xxx_is_session_exists(struct scsi_qla_host *ha,
> >  				     uint32_t *index)
> >  {
> >  	struct ddb_entry *ddb_entry;
> > -	struct ql4_tuple_ddb *fw_tddb = NULL;
> > -	struct ql4_tuple_ddb *tmp_tddb = NULL;
> >  	int idx;
> >  	int ret = QLA_ERROR;
> > +	struct ql4_tuple_ddb *tmp_tddb;
> > +	struct ql4_tuple_ddb *fw_tddb = vzalloc(sizeof(*fw_tddb));
> >  
> 
> Don't do allocations in the initializers.  Same for patches 3 and 4 as
> well.

Why not?  I can think of some reasons, but I am wondering what is the 
precise one.

thanks,
julia
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