Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc + memset. The semantic patch that makes this change is: (https://coccinelle.gitlabpages.inria.fr/website/) //<smpl> @@ expression res, size, flag; @@ - res = kmalloc(size, flag); + res = kzalloc(size, flag); ... - memset(res, 0, size); //</smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1201.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1201.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1201.c index e64e4e579518..82bc0d44212e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1201.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1201.c @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static int zd1201_setconfig(struct zd1201 *zd, int rid, const void *buf, int len zd->rxdatas = 0; zd->rxlen = 0; for (seq=0; len > 0; seq++) { - request = kmalloc(16, gfp_mask); + request = kzalloc(16, gfp_mask); if (!request) return -ENOMEM; urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, gfp_mask); @@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ static int zd1201_setconfig(struct zd1201 *zd, int rid, const void *buf, int len kfree(request); return -ENOMEM; } - memset(request, 0, 16); reqlen = len>12 ? 12 : len; request[0] = ZD1201_USB_RESREQ; request[1] = seq;