Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc + memset. The semantic patch that makes this change is: (https://coccinelle.gitlabpages.inria.fr/website/) //<smpl> @@ expression res, size, flag; @@ - res = kmalloc(size, flag); + res = kzalloc(size, flag); ... - memset(res, 0, size); //</smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/transport.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c index eeb1a699bd6f..4ff8e165a180 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/transport.c +++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c @@ -464,13 +464,12 @@ smb_send_rqst(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst, return -EIO; } - tr_hdr = kmalloc(sizeof(*tr_hdr), GFP_NOFS); + tr_hdr = kzalloc(sizeof(*tr_hdr), GFP_NOFS); if (!tr_hdr) return -ENOMEM; memset(&cur_rqst[0], 0, sizeof(cur_rqst)); memset(&iov, 0, sizeof(iov)); - memset(tr_hdr, 0, sizeof(*tr_hdr)); iov.iov_base = tr_hdr; iov.iov_len = sizeof(*tr_hdr);