The patch titled
Subject: lib/scatterlist.c: avoid a double memset
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch
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From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/scatterlist.c: avoid a double memset
'sgl' is zeroed a few lines below in 'sg_init_table()'. There is no need to
clear it twice.
Remove the redundant initialization.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200920071544.368841-1-christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/scatterlist.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c~lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset
+++ a/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ struct scatterlist *sgl_alloc_order(unsi
nalloc++;
}
sgl = kmalloc_array(nalloc, sizeof(struct scatterlist),
- (gfp & ~GFP_DMA) | __GFP_ZERO);
+ gfp & ~GFP_DMA);
if (!sgl)
return NULL;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx are
lib-scatterlist-avoid-a-double-memset.patch
