Use *_pool_zalloc rather than *_pool_alloc followed by memset with 0. Found by coccinelle spatch "api/alloc/pool_zalloc-simple.cocci" Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c --- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c @@ -1651,13 +1651,12 @@ int qla4xxx_set_chap(struct scsi_qla_hos 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 -u -p a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c --- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c @@ -825,12 +825,10 @@ static int qla4xxx_delete_chap(struct Sc 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);