sg_init_table zeroes its first argument, so the allocation of that argument doesn't have to. the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression x,n,flags; @@ x = - kcalloc + kmalloc_array (n,sizeof(struct scatterlist),flags) ... sg_init_table(x,n) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_nodeqp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_nodeqp.c b/drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_nodeqp.c --- a/drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_nodeqp.c +++ b/drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_nodeqp.c @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ scif_p2p_setsg(phys_addr_t pa, int page_ struct page *page; int i; - sg = kcalloc(page_cnt, sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_KERNEL); + sg = kmalloc_array(page_cnt, sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_KERNEL); if (!sg) return NULL; sg_init_table(sg, page_cnt);
