Re: [PATCH] USB: dynamically allocate usb_device children pointers instead of using a fix array

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On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 02:09:35PM +0100, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:00:19 +0100, Huajun Li <huajun.li.lee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >Non-hub device has no child, and even a real USB hub has ports far
> >less than USB_MAXCHILDREN, so there is no need using a fix array for
> >child devices, just allocate it dynamically according real port
> >number.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Huajun Li <huajun.li.lee@xxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> > drivers/usb/core/hub.c |   10 +++++++---
> > include/linux/usb.h    |    2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> >index 72c51cd..28664eb 100644
> >--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> >+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> >@@ -1047,8 +1047,10 @@ static int hub_configure(struct usb_hub *hub,
> > 	dev_info (hub_dev, "%d port%s detected\n", hdev->maxchild,
> > 		(hdev->maxchild == 1) ? "" : "s");
> >
> >+	hdev->children = kzalloc(hdev->maxchild *
> >+				sizeof(struct usb_device *), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> kcalloc()

I hate that call, kzalloc() is fine.

greg k-h
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