Re: [PATCH] use kzalloc instead of malloc+memset

[Jiri Slaby]

Denis Vlasenko napsal(a):

> On Tuesday 13 September 2005 01:47, Lion Vollnhals wrote:
>  
>
> > On Tuesday 13 September 2005 00:10, Lion Vollnhals wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > This patch against 2.6.13-mm3 replaces malloc and memset with kzalloc in
> > > drivers/base/class.c . 
> > >      
> > The following patch converts further kmalllocs and memsets in drivers/base/* to kzallocs.
> >
> > Please apply.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lion Vollnhals <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >    
>
>  
>
> > diff -Nurp 2.6.13-mm3/drivers/base/platform.c 2.6.13-mm3-changed/drivers/base/platform.c
> > --- 2.6.13-mm3/drivers/base/platform.c	2005-09-12 23:42:47.000000000 +0200
> > +++ 2.6.13-mm3-changed/drivers/base/platform.c	2005-09-13 00:23:43.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -225,13 +225,12 @@ struct platform_device *platform_device_
> > 	struct platform_object *pobj;
> > 	int retval;
> >
> > -	pobj = kmalloc(sizeof(struct platform_object) + sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	pobj = kzalloc(sizeof(struct platform_object) + sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
> > 	if (!pobj) {
> > 		retval = -ENOMEM;
> > 		goto error;
> > 	}
> >
> > -	memset(pobj, 0, sizeof(*pobj));
> >    
>
> Was this a bug or did you just introduced one?
>  
Yes, this was a bug.

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