Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc + memset. The semantic patch that makes this change is: (https://coccinelle.gitlabpages.inria.fr/website/) Signed-off-by: Michael Estner <michaelestner@xxxxxx> --- drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c index 43c521f50c85..159e1ac6198a 100644 --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ static int nexio_init(struct usbtouch_usb *usbtouch) if (!input_ep || !output_ep) return -ENXIO; - buf = kmalloc(NEXIO_BUFSIZE, GFP_NOIO); + buf = kzalloc(NEXIO_BUFSIZE, GFP_NOIO); if (!buf) goto out_buf; @@ -998,7 +998,6 @@ static int nexio_init(struct usbtouch_usb *usbtouch) /* read replies */ for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) { - memset(buf, 0, NEXIO_BUFSIZE); ret = usb_bulk_msg(dev, usb_rcvbulkpipe(dev, input_ep), buf, NEXIO_BUFSIZE, &actual_len, NEXIO_TIMEOUT); -- 2.25.1