On Mon, 2016-01-04 at 10:05 +0100, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote: > This is an API consolidation only. The use of kmalloc of an array > of elements of equal size + memset to 0 of the same is equivalent to > kcalloc. Inequivalent code. > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Found by coccinelle script (relaxed version of > scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci) > > Patch was compile tested with: x86_64_defconfig + > CONFIG_STAGING=y, CONFIG_R8712U=m > > Patch is against linux-next (localversion-next is -next-20160104) > > drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c | 4 +--- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c > index 4ff5301..aa841bf 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c > @@ -72,14 +72,12 @@ sint _r8712_init_recv_priv(struct recv_priv *precvpriv, > _init_queue(&precvpriv->recv_pending_queue); > precvpriv->adapter = padapter; > precvpriv->free_recvframe_cnt = NR_RECVFRAME; > - precvpriv->pallocated_frame_buf = kmalloc(NR_RECVFRAME * > + precvpriv->pallocated_frame_buf = kcalloc(NR_RECVFRAME, > sizeof(union recv_frame) + RXFRAME_ALIGN_SZ, This allocates a different size now. > GFP_ATOMIC); > if (precvpriv->pallocated_frame_buf == NULL) > return _FAIL; > kmemleak_not_leak(precvpriv->pallocated_frame_buf); > - memset(precvpriv->pallocated_frame_buf, 0, NR_RECVFRAME * > - sizeof(union recv_frame) + RXFRAME_ALIGN_SZ); > precvpriv->precv_frame_buf = precvpriv->pallocated_frame_buf + > RXFRAME_ALIGN_SZ - > ((addr_t)(precvpriv->pallocated_frame_buf) & _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel