RE: [PATCH] qed: fix kzalloc-simple.cocci warnings

From: Yuval Mintz
Date: Thu Sep 01 2016 - 03:52:08 EST


> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c:1230:13-20: WARNING: kzalloc
> should be used for dcbx_info, instead of kmalloc/memset
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c:1192:13-20: WARNING: kzalloc
> should be used for dcbx_info, instead of kmalloc/memset
>
>
> Use kzalloc rather than kmalloc followed by memset with 0
>
> This considers some simple cases that are common and easy to validate Note in
> particular that there are no ...s in the rule, so all of the matched code has to be
> contiguous
>
> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci
>
> CC: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>

This looks fine; But what's the right process here -
Dave - do we need to re-post this with the the right 'destination' in title
[net/net-next]? Or is it good as-is?
In case of latter,
Acked-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@xxxxxxxxxx>

One question the automated script -
Can't it [relative] easily be upgraded to also have 'Fixes:' as part of its message?