* [PATCH 1/2] iio: inkern: clear allocated memory
@ 2012-09-10 8:02 Kim, Milo
2012-09-10 9:12 ` Jonathan Cameron
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kim, Milo @ 2012-09-10 8:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonathan Cameron
Cc: Jonathan Cameron, Lars-Peter Clausen, linux-iio, linux-kernel
Use kzalloc() rathern than kmalloc() for initializing iio_dev and
iio_chan_spec.
Signed-off-by: Milo(Woogyom) Kim <milo.kim@ti.com>
---
drivers/iio/inkern.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
index b5afc2f..1faa240 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct iio_channel *iio_channel_get(const char *name, const char *channel_name)
if (c == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
- channel = kmalloc(sizeof(*channel), GFP_KERNEL);
+ channel = kzalloc(sizeof(*channel), GFP_KERNEL);
if (channel == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
--
1.7.9.5
Best Regards,
Milo
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* Re: [PATCH 1/2] iio: inkern: clear allocated memory
2012-09-10 8:02 [PATCH 1/2] iio: inkern: clear allocated memory Kim, Milo
@ 2012-09-10 9:12 ` Jonathan Cameron
2012-09-14 1:27 ` Kim, Milo
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Cameron @ 2012-09-10 9:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kim, Milo
Cc: Jonathan Cameron, Jonathan Cameron, Lars-Peter Clausen,
linux-iio, linux-kernel
On 10/09/12 09:02, Kim, Milo wrote:
> Use kzalloc() rathern than kmalloc() for initializing iio_dev and
> iio_chan_spec.
Please state why. I'm sure I can track it down, but it ought to be
in the commit comment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Milo(Woogyom) Kim <milo.kim@ti.com>
> ---
> drivers/iio/inkern.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> index b5afc2f..1faa240 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct iio_channel *iio_channel_get(const char *name, const char *channel_name)
> if (c == NULL)
> return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
>
> - channel = kmalloc(sizeof(*channel), GFP_KERNEL);
> + channel = kzalloc(sizeof(*channel), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (channel == NULL)
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>
>
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* RE: [PATCH 1/2] iio: inkern: clear allocated memory
2012-09-10 9:12 ` Jonathan Cameron
@ 2012-09-14 1:27 ` Kim, Milo
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kim, Milo @ 2012-09-14 1:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonathan Cameron
Cc: Jonathan Cameron, Jonathan Cameron, Lars-Peter Clausen,
linux-iio, linux-kernel
> Please state why. I'm sure I can track it down, but it ought to be
> in the commit comment.
The patch was resent with more detailed description.
Title : [PATCH RESEND] iio: inkern: allocate zeroed memory
Thanks for your comment.
Best Regards,
Milo
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