+ lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch added to -mm tree

+ lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: lib/scatterlist.c: avoid a double memset
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch

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From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: lib/scatterlist.c: avoid a double memset

'sgl' is zeroed a few lines below in 'sg_init_table()'. There is no need to
clear it twice.

Remove the redundant initialization.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200920071544.368841-1-christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/scatterlist.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/lib/scatterlist.c~lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset
+++ a/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ struct scatterlist *sgl_alloc_order(unsi
 		nalloc++;
 	}
 	sgl = kmalloc_array(nalloc, sizeof(struct scatterlist),
-			    (gfp & ~GFP_DMA) | __GFP_ZERO);
+			    gfp & ~GFP_DMA);
 	if (!sgl)
 		return NULL;
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr are

lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch