From: Timur Tabi <ti...@freescale.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:12:01 -0600
> Andy Fleming wrote:
>> Why? Doesn't this just obfuscate things a little, while providing no
>> immediate benefit?
>
> I see code like this frequently:
>
> bus = mdiobus_alloc();
> if (bus == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM;
> priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (priv == NULL) {
> err = -ENOMEM;
> goto out_free;
> }
> bus->priv = priv;
Where "frequently", all of the mdiobus_alloc() call sites in your patch just
get translated to pass "0" for the private size.
Make the change how I suggested, where mdiobus_alloc() retains it's current
function signature and semantics. Then you can edit drivers as needed rather
than from the beginning.
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