this does kmalloc and followed by memset, calling kzalloc will actually sets the allocated memory to zero, use kzalloc instead Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <develkernel412222@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/cxd2099/cxd2099.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/cxd2099/cxd2099.c b/drivers/staging/media/cxd2099/cxd2099.c index 1678503..4f2235f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/cxd2099/cxd2099.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/cxd2099/cxd2099.c @@ -691,10 +691,9 @@ struct dvb_ca_en50221 *cxd2099_attach(struct cxd2099_cfg *cfg, return NULL; } - ci = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cxd), GFP_KERNEL); + ci = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cxd), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ci) return NULL; - memset(ci, 0, sizeof(*ci)); mutex_init(&ci->lock); memcpy(&ci->cfg, cfg, sizeof(struct cxd2099_cfg)); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html