[PATCH] kernel: auditfilter: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc

[PATCH] kernel: auditfilter: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc

[Chris Forbes]

Replaced a kmalloc+memset pair with a single call to kzalloc.

Signed-off-by: Chris Forbes <chrisf@ijw.co.nz>
---
 kernel/auditfilter.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index f8277c8..d0af29d 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -603,10 +603,9 @@ static struct audit_rule_data *audit_krule_to_data(struct audit_krule *krule)
 	void *bufp;
 	int i;
 
-	data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data) + krule->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data) + krule->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!data))
 		return NULL;
-	memset(data, 0, sizeof(*data));
 
 	data->flags = krule->flags | krule->listnr;
 	data->action = krule->action;
-- 
1.7.4.1

Re: [PATCH] kernel: auditfilter: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc

[Américo Wang]

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Chris Forbes <chrisf@ijw.co.nz> wrote:
> Replaced a kmalloc+memset pair with a single call to kzalloc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Forbes <chrisf@ijw.co.nz>

Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>

Thanks.