RE: [PATCH] drivers: Conversions from kmalloc+memset to k(z|c)alloc.

[Brown, Len]

>diff --git a/drivers/acpi/hotkey.c b/drivers/acpi/hotkey.c
>index 32c9d88..037d022 100644
>--- a/drivers/acpi/hotkey.c
>+++ b/drivers/acpi/hotkey.c
>@@ -246,10 +246,8 @@ static char *format_result(union acpi_ob
> {
> 	char *buf = NULL;
> 
>-	buf = (char *)kmalloc(RESULT_STR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
>-	if (buf)
>-		memset(buf, 0, RESULT_STR_LEN);
>-	else
>+	buf = kzalloc(RESULT_STR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
>+	if (!buf)
> 		goto do_fail;

Go ahead and delete the '= NULL' while you're there.

Acked-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
-Len
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