Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc6] sparc: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc

[Stefan Richter]

Yan Burman wrote:
...
> --- linux-2.6.19-rc5_orig/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_irq.c	2006-11-09 12:16:21.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5_kzalloc/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_irq.c	2006-11-11 22:44:04.000000000 +0200
> @@ -545,8 +545,7 @@ void __init sun4d_init_sbi_irq(void)
>  	nsbi = 0;
>  	for_each_sbus(sbus)
>  		nsbi++;
> -	sbus_actions = (struct sbus_action *)kmalloc (nsbi * 8 * 4 * sizeof(struct sbus_action), GFP_ATOMIC);
> -	memset (sbus_actions, 0, (nsbi * 8 * 4 * sizeof(struct sbus_action)));
> +	sbus_actions = kzalloc (nsbi * 8 * 4 * sizeof(struct sbus_action), GFP_ATOMIC);
>  	for_each_sbus(sbus) {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP	
>  		extern unsigned char boot_cpu_id;

I'm not sure about this ^ hunk, but...

> diff -rubp linux-2.6.19-rc5_orig/arch/sparc/mm/io-unit.c linux-2.6.19-rc5_kzalloc/arch/sparc/mm/io-unit.c
> --- linux-2.6.19-rc5_orig/arch/sparc/mm/io-unit.c	2006-11-09 12:16:21.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5_kzalloc/arch/sparc/mm/io-unit.c	2006-11-11 22:44:04.000000000 +0200
> @@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ iounit_init(int sbi_node, int io_node, s
>  	struct linux_prom_registers iommu_promregs[PROMREG_MAX];
>  	struct resource r;
>  
> -	iounit = kmalloc(sizeof(struct iounit_struct), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	iounit = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iounit_struct), GFP_ATOMIC);
>  
> -	memset(iounit, 0, sizeof(*iounit));
>  	iounit->limit[0] = IOUNIT_BMAP1_START;
>  	iounit->limit[1] = IOUNIT_BMAP2_START;
>  	iounit->limit[2] = IOUNIT_BMAPM_START;

...in this ^, the old code and your update don't check for NULL return.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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