[PATCH v2 05/12] gpib: fmh_gpib: Unify *allocate_private

From: Dominik Karol Piątkowski

Date: Thu Jan 15 2026 - 14:20:35 EST


Return values for *allocate_private functions as well as calling code in
gpib driver are all over the place. Unify them by returning -errno if
something fails, zero otherwise. Use the returned value as early return
value in case of error. Replace kmalloc/memset pairs to kzalloc.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

v2: Replace kmalloc/memset pairs to kzalloc.

drivers/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c b/drivers/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c
index f7bfb4a8e553..b8d955f124bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c
@@ -1250,11 +1250,10 @@ static int fmh_gpib_allocate_private(struct gpib_board *board)
{
struct fmh_priv *priv;

- board->private_data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fmh_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+ board->private_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fmh_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!board->private_data)
return -ENOMEM;
priv = board->private_data;
- memset(priv, 0, sizeof(struct fmh_priv));
init_nec7210_private(&priv->nec7210_priv);
priv->dma_buffer_size = 0x800;
priv->dma_buffer = kmalloc(priv->dma_buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
--
2.43.0