Re: [PATCH]use kzalloc in vfs where appropriate

[Oliver Neukum]

Am Freitag, 17. März 2006 22:08 schrieb Matthew Wilcox:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 09:58:14PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > --- a/fs/bio.c	2006-03-11 23:12:55.000000000 +0100
> > +++ b/fs/bio.c	2006-03-17 16:44:49.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -635,12 +635,10 @@
> >  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> >  
> >  	ret = -ENOMEM;
> > -	pages = kmalloc(nr_pages * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	pages = kzalloc(nr_pages * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Didn't we just discuss this one and conclude it needed to use kcalloc
> instead?

I've found some discussion in the archive, but no conclusion. Could you
elaborate?

	Oliver
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