On Tue, 7 Jun 2022, Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 07. 06. 22, 16:00, Ilpo Järvinen wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Jun 2022, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > > > > It is preferred to use sizeof(*pointer) instead of sizeof(type). First, > > > the type of the variable can change and one needs not change the former > > > (unlike the latter). Second, the latter is error-prone due to (u16), > > > (u16 *), and (u16 **) mixture here. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> > > > > Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > This seems fine but see the comments below which are not directly related > > to the change itself. > > > > > --- > > > drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c | 23 ++++++++++++----------- > > > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c b/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c > > > index 097ab7d01f8b..79a62dcca046 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c > > > +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c > > > @@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ static void set_inverse_trans_unicode(struct vc_data > > > *conp, > > > return; > > > q = p->inverse_trans_unicode; > > > if (!q) { > > > - q = p->inverse_trans_unicode = > > > - kmalloc_array(MAX_GLYPH, sizeof(u16), GFP_KERNEL); > > > + q = p->inverse_trans_unicode = kmalloc_array(MAX_GLYPH, > > > + sizeof(*q), GFP_KERNEL); > > > if (!q) > > > return; > > > } > > > - memset(q, 0, MAX_GLYPH * sizeof(u16)); > > > + memset(q, 0, MAX_GLYPH * sizeof(*q)); > > > > Convert kmalloc_array into kcalloc and place memset() into else branch? > > IMO, the way it is now is more obvious. Fair enough. > > > @@ -514,11 +514,12 @@ con_insert_unipair(struct uni_pagedict *p, u_short > > > unicode, u_short fontpos) > > > n = UNI_ROW(unicode); > > > p2 = p1[n]; > > > if (!p2) { > > > - p2 = p1[n] = kmalloc_array(UNI_ROW_GLYPHS, sizeof(u16), > > > GFP_KERNEL); > > > + p2 = p1[n] = kmalloc_array(UNI_ROW_GLYPHS, sizeof(*p2), > > > + GFP_KERNEL); > > > if (!p2) > > > return -ENOMEM; > > > /* No glyphs for the characters (yet) */ > > > - memset(p2, 0xff, UNI_ROW_GLYPHS * sizeof(u16)); > > > + memset(p2, 0xff, UNI_ROW_GLYPHS * sizeof(*p2)); > > > > This could have been kcalloc'ed. > > Why would you zero it before setting it to 0xff? Yes, nevermind that. I obviously completely missed the fact it wasn't memsetting to zero. -- i.