* [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8192e: replace kmalloc/memset with kzalloc
@ 2020-10-23 19:01 Elena Afanasova
2020-10-25 9:14 ` Greg KH
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Elena Afanasova @ 2020-10-23 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gregkh; +Cc: devel, outreachy-kernel
Replace kmalloc + memset 0 by a call to kzalloc which zeroes memory too.
Found with Coccinelle.
Signed-off-by: Elena Afanasova <eafanasova@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- correct the subject line
- correct the commit message
drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
index e0d79daca24a..c9959bb4ab63 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
@@ -205,12 +205,10 @@ static struct rtllib_txb *rtllib_alloc_txb(int nr_frags, int txb_size,
struct rtllib_txb *txb;
int i;
- txb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtllib_txb) + (sizeof(u8 *) * nr_frags),
- gfp_mask);
+ txb = kzalloc(sizeof(*txb) + (sizeof(u8 *) * nr_frags), gfp_mask);
if (!txb)
return NULL;
- memset(txb, 0, sizeof(struct rtllib_txb));
txb->nr_frags = nr_frags;
txb->frag_size = cpu_to_le16(txb_size);
--
2.25.1
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* Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8192e: replace kmalloc/memset with kzalloc
2020-10-23 19:01 [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8192e: replace kmalloc/memset with kzalloc Elena Afanasova
@ 2020-10-25 9:14 ` Greg KH
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From: Greg KH @ 2020-10-25 9:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Elena Afanasova; +Cc: devel, outreachy-kernel
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 12:01:47PM -0700, Elena Afanasova wrote:
> Replace kmalloc + memset 0 by a call to kzalloc which zeroes memory too.
> Found with Coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Elena Afanasova <eafanasova@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - correct the subject line
> - correct the commit message
>
> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
> index e0d79daca24a..c9959bb4ab63 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c
> @@ -205,12 +205,10 @@ static struct rtllib_txb *rtllib_alloc_txb(int nr_frags, int txb_size,
> struct rtllib_txb *txb;
> int i;
>
> - txb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtllib_txb) + (sizeof(u8 *) * nr_frags),
> - gfp_mask);
> + txb = kzalloc(sizeof(*txb) + (sizeof(u8 *) * nr_frags), gfp_mask);
Same here, please always use array_size()
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