Re: [PATCH] arch: s390: net: Replaced kmalloc and memset with kzalloc

From: Heiko Carstens
Date: Thu Mar 14 2013 - 03:25:37 EST


On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 08:59:17PM +0200, Alexandru Gheorghiu wrote:
> Used kzalloc instead of kmalloc followed by memset with 0.
> Patch found using coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuandru@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
> index 0972e91..e645528 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
> @@ -747,10 +747,9 @@ void bpf_jit_compile(struct sk_filter *fp)
>
> if (!bpf_jit_enable)
> return;
> - addrs = kmalloc(fp->len * sizeof(*addrs), GFP_KERNEL);
> + addrs = kzalloc(fp->len * sizeof(*addrs), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (addrs == NULL)
> return;
> - memset(addrs, 0, fp->len * sizeof(*addrs));

We have already a different patch from Stelian Nirlu for the same stuff.

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