Dma_pool_zalloc combines dma_pool_alloc and memset 0. The semantic patch that makes this transformation is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression d,e; statement S; @@ d = - dma_pool_alloc + dma_pool_zalloc (...); if (!d) S - memset(d, 0, sizeof(*d)); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/ioat/init.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/init.c b/drivers/dma/ioat/init.c index efdee1a..d4c63d4 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/ioat/init.c +++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/init.c @@ -690,12 +690,11 @@ static int ioat_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *c) /* allocate a completion writeback area */ /* doing 2 32bit writes to mmio since 1 64b write doesn't work */ ioat_chan->completion = - dma_pool_alloc(ioat_chan->ioat_dma->completion_pool, - GFP_KERNEL, &ioat_chan->completion_dma); + dma_pool_zalloc(ioat_chan->ioat_dma->completion_pool, + GFP_KERNEL, &ioat_chan->completion_dma); if (!ioat_chan->completion) return -ENOMEM; - memset(ioat_chan->completion, 0, sizeof(*ioat_chan->completion)); writel(((u64)ioat_chan->completion_dma) & 0x00000000FFFFFFFF, ioat_chan->reg_base + IOAT_CHANCMP_OFFSET_LOW); writel(((u64)ioat_chan->completion_dma) >> 32, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dmaengine" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html