[PATCH] direct-io: Using kmem_cache_zalloc() instead of kmem_cache_alloc() and memset()

From: Yang Li
Date: Thu Feb 25 2021 - 04:00:34 EST


Fix the following coccicheck warning:
./fs/direct-io.c:1155:7-23: WARNING: kmem_cache_zalloc should be used
for dio, instead of kmem_cache_alloc/memset

Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/direct-io.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 0957e1b..6ec2935 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ static inline int drop_refcount(struct dio *dio)
if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ && !count)
return 0;

- dio = kmem_cache_alloc(dio_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+ dio = kmem_cache_zalloc(dio_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dio)
return -ENOMEM;
/*
@@ -1160,8 +1160,6 @@ static inline int drop_refcount(struct dio *dio)
* performance regression in a database benchmark. So, we take
* care to only zero out what's needed.
*/
- memset(dio, 0, offsetof(struct dio, pages));
-
dio->flags = flags;
if (dio->flags & DIO_LOCKING && iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ) {
/* will be released by direct_io_worker */
--
1.8.3.1