alloc_bootmem and related function always return zeroed region of memory. Thus a memset after calls to these functions is unnecessary. The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used for making the change: @@ expression E,E1; @@ E = \(alloc_bootmem\|alloc_bootmem_low\|alloc_bootmem_pages\|alloc_bootmem_low_pages\)(...) ... when != E - memset(E,0,E1); Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> --- arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c index ae085ad..0bef864 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c @@ -728,7 +728,6 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void) #endif empty_zero_page = alloc_bootmem_pages(PAGE_SIZE); - memset(empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE); } static void __init gateway_init(void) -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
