Turn a kmalloc/memset into an equivalent kzalloc. Doing so also move the zero'ing of the memory outside of a mutex. Signed-off-by: Christophe Jaillet <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- A simililar patch has already been applied against arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-fs/gpio.c --- arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-a3/gpio.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-a3/gpio.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-a3/gpio.c index 74f9fe8..75f0264 100644 --- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-a3/gpio.c +++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-a3/gpio.c @@ -386,13 +386,12 @@ static int gpio_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) (p > GPIO_MINOR_LAST && p < GPIO_MINOR_PWM0)) return -EINVAL; - priv = kmalloc(sizeof(struct gpio_private), GFP_KERNEL); + priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct gpio_private), GFP_KERNEL); if (!priv) return -ENOMEM; mutex_lock(&gpio_mutex); - memset(priv, 0, sizeof(*priv)); priv->minor = p; filp->private_data = priv; -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
