Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: idxd: No need to clear memory after a dma_alloc_coherent() call

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Tue Aug 01 2023 - 14:31:18 EST


On 21-07-23, 07:35, sunran001@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> dma_alloc_coherent() already clear the allocated memory, there is no need
> to explicitly call memset().

Please fix the sender name and resend. it should match s-o-b name

>
> Signed-off-by: Ran Sun <sunran001@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/dma/idxd/device.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c
> index 7c74bc60f582..72330876d40a 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c
> @@ -792,7 +792,6 @@ static int idxd_device_evl_setup(struct idxd_device
> *idxd)
> evl->log_size = size;
> evl->bmap = bmap;
>
> - memset(&evlcfg, 0, sizeof(evlcfg));
> evlcfg.bits[0] = dma_addr & GENMASK(63, 12);
> evlcfg.size = evl->size;

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~Vinod