Re: [PATCH] qed: fix kzalloc-simple.cocci warnings
From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Sep 02 2016 - 13:44:51 EST
On Thu, 2016-09-01 at 07:37 +0000, Yuval Mintz wrote:
> > 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
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> One question the automated script -
> Can't it [relative] easily be upgraded to also have 'Fixes:' as part
> of its message?
It's really not a "fix" as it has no real effect on behavior.
The code is perfectly fine as is really.
It is a code size reduction though.
Another thing with a behavior change and one that would also
reduce code size would be to remove the unnecessary OOM
messages after the allocs.
I'll send a patch for that.