The patch titled Subject: rtl818x: use pci_zalloc_consistent has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is rtl818x-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/rtl818x-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/rtl818x-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: rtl818x: use pci_zalloc_consistent Remove the now unnecessary memset too. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/dev.c | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/dev.c~rtl818x-use-pci_zalloc_consistent drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/dev.c --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/dev.c~rtl818x-use-pci_zalloc_consistent +++ a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/dev.c @@ -964,16 +964,13 @@ static int rtl8180_init_rx_ring(struct i else priv->rx_ring_sz = sizeof(struct rtl8180_rx_desc); - priv->rx_ring = pci_alloc_consistent(priv->pdev, - priv->rx_ring_sz * 32, - &priv->rx_ring_dma); - + priv->rx_ring = pci_zalloc_consistent(priv->pdev, priv->rx_ring_sz * 32, + &priv->rx_ring_dma); if (!priv->rx_ring || (unsigned long)priv->rx_ring & 0xFF) { wiphy_err(dev->wiphy, "Cannot allocate RX ring\n"); return -ENOMEM; } - memset(priv->rx_ring, 0, priv->rx_ring_sz * 32); priv->rx_idx = 0; for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) { @@ -1032,14 +1029,14 @@ static int rtl8180_init_tx_ring(struct i dma_addr_t dma; int i; - ring = pci_alloc_consistent(priv->pdev, sizeof(*ring) * entries, &dma); + ring = pci_zalloc_consistent(priv->pdev, sizeof(*ring) * entries, + &dma); if (!ring || (unsigned long)ring & 0xFF) { wiphy_err(dev->wiphy, "Cannot allocate TX ring (prio = %d)\n", prio); return -ENOMEM; } - memset(ring, 0, sizeof(*ring)*entries); priv->tx_ring[prio].desc = ring; priv->tx_ring[prio].dma = dma; priv->tx_ring[prio].idx = 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch checkpatch-check-git-commit-descriptions.patch fs-squashfs-file_directc-replace-countsize-kmalloc-by-kmalloc_array.patch printk-make-dynamic-kernel-ring-buffer-alignment-explicit.patch printk-move-power-of-2-practice-of-ring-buffer-size-to-a-helper.patch printk-make-dynamic-units-clear-for-the-kernel-ring-buffer.patch printk-allow-increasing-the-ring-buffer-depending-on-the-number-of-cpus.patch mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch kernelh-remove-deprecated-pack_hex_byte.patch checkpatch-attempt-to-find-unnecessary-out-of-memory-messages.patch checkpatch-warn-on-unnecessary-else-after-return-or-break.patch checkpatch-fix-complex-macro-false-positive-for-escaped-constant-char.patch checkpatch-fix-function-pointers-in-blank-line-needed-after-declarations-test.patch checkpatch-ignore-email-headers-better.patch checkpatchpl-also-suggest-else-if-when-if-follows-brace.patch checkpatch-add-test-for-blank-lines-after-function-struct-union-enum.patch checkpatch-add-a-multiple-blank-lines-test.patch checkpatch-change-blank-line-after-declaration-type-to-line_spacing.patch checkpatch-quiet-kconfig-help-message-checking.patch fs-isofs-logging-clean-up.patch sysctl-remove-now-unused-typedef-ctl_table.patch sysctl-remove-now-unused-typedef-ctl_table-fix.patch fs-qnx6-convert-printk-to-pr_foo.patch fs-qnx6-use-pr_fmt-and-__func__-in-logging.patch fs-qnx6-update-debugging-to-current-functions.patch linux-next.patch pci-dma-compat-add-pci_zalloc_consistent-helper.patch atm-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch block-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch crypto-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch infiniband-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch i810-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch media-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch amd-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch atl1e-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch enic-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch sky2-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch micrel-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch qlogic-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch irda-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch ipw2100-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch mwl8k-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch rtl818x-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch rtlwifi-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch scsi-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch staging-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch synclink_gt-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch vme-bridges-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch amd-neaten-and-remove-unnecessary-oom-messages.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html