Re: [PATCH 1/4] driver/scsi/fnic/fnic_trace: Use vzalloc to zero instead of vmalloc+memset

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Aug 01 2018 - 11:47:31 EST


On Wed, 2018-08-01 at 18:30 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 4:26 PM, zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The vzalloc is better than vmalloc+memset, so replace them to make
> > the code concise.
> > - fnic_trace_buf_p = (unsigned long)vmalloc((trace_max_pages * PAGE_SIZE));
> > + fnic_trace_buf_p = (unsigned long)vzalloc((trace_max_pages * PAGE_SIZE));
>
> At the same time you may get rid of unnecessary parens.

And at the same time, perhaps use kvcalloc and kvfree
instead of always using vmalloc as the allocation size
can be less than the allowable for a single kmalloc.