Currently, we initialize all fields of ib_uobject straight after
allocation. Therefore, a kmalloc was sufficient. Since ib_uobject
could be embedded in a type specific structure, we nullify it to
spare programmer errors.
Fixes: 3832125624b7 ('IB/core: Add support for idr types')
Signed-off-by: Matan Barak <matanb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c
index 699a659..41c31a2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int uverbs_try_lock_object(struct ib_uobject *uobj, bool exclusive)
static struct ib_uobject *alloc_uobj(struct ib_ucontext *context,
const struct uverbs_obj_type *type)
{
- struct ib_uobject *uobj = kmalloc(type->obj_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct ib_uobject *uobj = kzalloc(type->obj_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!uobj)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
--
1.8.3.1
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
