> Again, what is the purpose of the changes? I came also along a few source code places where their maintainers requested the usage of a function like "kmalloc_array". How do you think about to clarify the consistent use of programming interfaces for Linux a bit more? > Are you working on the code I am trying to improve various free software (including Linux). > and the fact that the driver is older-style hinders your progress? Not for me directly. > Or there are runtime improvements from your changes? It depends on some factors. Can an array memory allocator organise the desired data in a safer and more efficient way than a "default approach"? > Correctness issues? This can be. Do you care for source code annotations? > I do not very much appreciate changes just to satisfy checkpatch rule > du jour. Do these rules contain knowledge which you give a significant value? Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
