This patch removes some unneeded code. 1) kzalloc() allocates 4 extra bytes so that we can align the return value. But actually the return value is already aligned so we can remove the + 4 and the call to N_BYTE_ALIGMENT(). 2) The memset() isn't needed because kzalloc() zeroes the allocation. Suggested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Adrian Remonda <adrianremonda@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c index 8be4819..bc275b2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c @@ -42,18 +42,15 @@ int rtl8188eu_init_recv_priv(struct adapter *padapter) _rtw_init_queue(&precvpriv->free_recv_buf_queue); precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf = - kzalloc(NR_RECVBUFF * sizeof(struct recv_buf) + 4, GFP_KERNEL); + kzalloc(NR_RECVBUFF * sizeof(struct recv_buf), GFP_KERNEL); if (precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf == NULL) { res = _FAIL; RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_recv_c_, _drv_err_, ("alloc recv_buf fail!\n")); goto exit; } - memset(precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf, 0, - NR_RECVBUFF * sizeof(struct recv_buf) + 4); - precvpriv->precv_buf = (u8 *)N_BYTE_ALIGMENT((size_t) - (precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf), 4); + precvpriv->precv_buf = precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf; precvbuf = (struct recv_buf *)precvpriv->precv_buf; -- 2.0.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel