Re: [PATCH v2 04/35] block: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation

2019-07-03 Thread Jeff Layton
On Thu, 2019-07-04 at 00:26 +0800, Fuqian Huang wrote: > kmemdup is introduced to duplicate a region of memory in a neat way. > Rather than kmalloc/kzalloc + memcpy, which the programmer needs to > write the size twice (sometimes lead to mistakes), kmemdup improves > readability, leads to smaller c

[PATCH v2 04/35] block: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation

2019-07-03 Thread Fuqian Huang
kmemdup is introduced to duplicate a region of memory in a neat way. Rather than kmalloc/kzalloc + memcpy, which the programmer needs to write the size twice (sometimes lead to mistakes), kmemdup improves readability, leads to smaller code and also reduce the chances of mistakes. Suggestion to use