On 02/01/17, 11:10 AM, "Souptick Joarder" <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi Nilesh, > >On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> >wrote: >> We should use dma_pool_zalloc instead of dma_pool_alloc/memset >> >> Signed-off-by: Souptick joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> v2 changes: >> - Address comment from Nilesh to make same change in >> all applicable places inside qla4xxx source >> >> drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c | 6 ++---- >> drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c | 4 +--- >> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c >>b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c >> index c291fdf..8f97839 100644 >> --- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c >> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c >> @@ -1587,12 +1587,11 @@ int qla4xxx_get_chap(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, >>char *username, char *password, >> struct ql4_chap_table *chap_table; >> dma_addr_t chap_dma; >> >> - chap_table = dma_pool_alloc(ha->chap_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL, >>&chap_dma); >> + chap_table = dma_pool_zalloc(ha->chap_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL, >>&chap_dma); >> if (chap_table == NULL) >> return -ENOMEM; >> >> chap_size = sizeof(struct ql4_chap_table); >> - memset(chap_table, 0, chap_size); >> >> if (is_qla40XX(ha)) >> offset = FLASH_CHAP_OFFSET | (idx * chap_size); >> @@ -1651,13 +1650,12 @@ int qla4xxx_set_chap(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, >>char *username, char *password, >> uint32_t chap_size = 0; >> dma_addr_t chap_dma; >> >> - chap_table = dma_pool_alloc(ha->chap_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL, >>&chap_dma); >> + chap_table = dma_pool_zalloc(ha->chap_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL, >>&chap_dma); >> if (chap_table == NULL) { >> ret = -ENOMEM; >> goto exit_set_chap; >> } >> >> - memset(chap_table, 0, sizeof(struct ql4_chap_table)); >> if (bidi) >> chap_table->flags |= BIT_6; /* peer */ >> else >> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c >>b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c >> index 01c3610..0c91c89 100644 >> --- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c >> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c >> @@ -825,12 +825,10 @@ static int qla4xxx_delete_chap(struct Scsi_Host >>*shost, uint16_t chap_tbl_idx) >> uint32_t chap_size; >> int ret = 0; >> >> - chap_table = dma_pool_alloc(ha->chap_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL, >>&chap_dma); >> + chap_table = dma_pool_zalloc(ha->chap_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL, >>&chap_dma); >> if (chap_table == NULL) >> return -ENOMEM; >> >> - memset(chap_table, 0, sizeof(struct ql4_chap_table)); >> - >> if (is_qla80XX(ha)) >> max_chap_entries = (ha->hw.flt_chap_size / 2) / >> sizeof(struct ql4_chap_table); >> -- >> 1.9.1 >> > >Any further comment on this patch ? Any reason for handling this only for CHAP related code and not take care at all other places within ql4_os.c and ql4_init.c. According to me the change should be consistent across all the affecting files unless you think otherwise. Thanks, Nilesh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html