This is an API consolidation only. The use of kmalloc + memset to 0
is equivalent to kcalloc in this case as it is allocating an array
of elements.
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hof...@osadl.org>
---
Found by coccinelle script (relaxed version of
scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci)
Patch was compile tested with: ppc64_defconfig
(implies CONFIG_IBMVETH=m)
Patch is against linux-next (localversion-next is -next-20150518)
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index 6691b5a..05f5e81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int ibmveth_alloc_buffer_pool(struct
ibmveth_buff_pool *pool)
if (!pool->free_map)
return -1;
- pool->dma_addr = kmalloc(sizeof(dma_addr_t) * pool->size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ pool->dma_addr = kcalloc(pool->size, sizeof(dma_addr_t), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!pool->dma_addr) {
kfree(pool->free_map);
pool->free_map = NULL;
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ static int ibmveth_alloc_buffer_pool(struct
ibmveth_buff_pool *pool)
return -1;
}
- memset(pool->dma_addr, 0, sizeof(dma_addr_t) * pool->size);
-
for (i = 0; i < pool->size; ++i)
pool->free_map[i] = i;
--
1.7.10.4
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