From: Robert Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@gmail.com>
To: bobbyeshleman@gmail.com
Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@mellanox.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] net: seeq: replace kmalloc / memset(,0) with kzalloc
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:09:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5ff7bcf7b8db8daa129703e5f7b632825f25c766.1551246708.git.bobbyeshleman@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1551246708.git.bobbyeshleman@gmail.com>
This patch reduces a call to memset(,0) by replacing
a kmalloc call with a kzalloc call.
Signed-off-by: Robert Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c
index d1bb73bf9914..7456cf08a48f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ ether3_addr(char *addr, struct expansion_card *ec)
static int
ether3_ramtest(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char byte)
{
- unsigned char *buffer = kmalloc(RX_END, GFP_KERNEL);
+ unsigned char *buffer = kzalloc(RX_END, GFP_KERNEL);
int i,ret = 0;
int max_errors = 4;
int bad = -1;
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ ether3_ramtest(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char byte)
if (!buffer)
return 1;
- memset(buffer, byte, RX_END);
ether3_setbuffer(dev, buffer_write, 0);
ether3_writebuffer(dev, buffer, TX_END);
ether3_setbuffer(dev, buffer_write, RX_START);
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-02-27 6:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-27 6:04 [PATCH 0/8] net: ethernet: reduce calls to memset(,0) Robert Eshleman
2019-02-27 6:09 ` [PATCH 2/8] net/mlxsw: use pci_zalloc_consistent instead of pci_alloc_consistent Robert Eshleman
2019-02-27 6:09 ` [PATCH 3/8] tlan: use pci_zalloc instead of pci_alloc Robert Eshleman
2019-02-27 6:22 ` Joe Perches
2019-02-28 0:41 ` Robert Eshleman
2019-02-27 6:09 ` [PATCH 4/8] qed: remove unnecessary memsets Robert Eshleman
2019-02-27 12:39 ` Michal Kalderon
2019-02-27 6:09 ` [PATCH 5/8] at12: use pci_zalloc instead of pci_alloc Robert Eshleman
2019-02-28 14:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-27 6:09 ` [PATCH 6/8] netxen: remove unnecessary memset(,0) calls Robert Eshleman
2019-02-27 6:09 ` Robert Eshleman [this message]
2019-02-28 0:48 ` [PATCH 7/8] net: seeq: replace kmalloc / memset(,0) with kzalloc Robert Eshleman
2019-02-27 6:09 ` [PATCH 8/8] net: ethernet: ixp4xx_eth: remove memset(,0) with zalloc Robert Eshleman
2019-02-27 6:09 ` [PATCH 1/8] net/mlx4: use kzalloc instead of kmalloc Robert Eshleman
2019-02-28 8:40 ` Tariq Toukan
2019-02-28 14:25 ` [PATCH 0/8] net: ethernet: reduce calls to memset(,0) Christoph Hellwig
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