The patch titled USB AUERSWALD: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is usb-auerswald-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: USB AUERSWALD: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc From: "Burman Yan" <yan_952@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c~usb-auerswald-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c --- a/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c~usb-auerswald-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc +++ a/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c @@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ static int auerchar_open (struct inode * } /* we have access to the device. Now lets allocate memory */ - ccp = (pauerchar_t) kmalloc(sizeof(auerchar_t), GFP_KERNEL); + ccp = kzalloc(sizeof(auerchar_t), GFP_KERNEL); if (ccp == NULL) { err ("out of memory"); ret = -ENOMEM; @@ -1384,7 +1384,6 @@ static int auerchar_open (struct inode * } /* Initialize device descriptor */ - memset( ccp, 0, sizeof(auerchar_t)); init_MUTEX( &ccp->mutex); init_MUTEX( &ccp->readmutex); auerbuf_init (&ccp->bufctl); @@ -1912,14 +1911,13 @@ static int auerswald_probe (struct usb_i return -ENODEV; /* allocate memory for our device and initialize it */ - cp = kmalloc (sizeof(auerswald_t), GFP_KERNEL); + cp = kzalloc (sizeof(auerswald_t), GFP_KERNEL); if (cp == NULL) { err ("out of memory"); goto pfail; } /* Initialize device descriptor */ - memset (cp, 0, sizeof(auerswald_t)); init_MUTEX (&cp->mutex); cp->usbdev = usbdev; auerchain_init (&cp->controlchain); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from yan_952@xxxxxxxxxxx are acpi-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch mtd-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch usb-serial-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch usb-auerswald-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch mtrr-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch isdn-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch i386-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch serial-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch kernel-core-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.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