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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html