The patch titled ia64: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ia64-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: ia64: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc From: Yan Burman <burman.yan@xxxxxxxxx> Replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc Signed-off-by: Yan Burman <burman.yan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c | 10 +++------- arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c | 3 +-- arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c | 3 +-- arch/ia64/pci/pci.c | 3 +-- 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c~ia64-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c --- a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c~ia64-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc +++ a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c @@ -1672,15 +1672,13 @@ ioc_sac_init(struct ioc *ioc) * SAC (single address cycle) addressable, so allocate a * pseudo-device to enforce that. */ - sac = kmalloc(sizeof(*sac), GFP_KERNEL); + sac = kzalloc(sizeof(*sac), GFP_KERNEL); if (!sac) panic(PFX "Couldn't allocate struct pci_dev"); - memset(sac, 0, sizeof(*sac)); - controller = kmalloc(sizeof(*controller), GFP_KERNEL); + controller = kzalloc(sizeof(*controller), GFP_KERNEL); if (!controller) panic(PFX "Couldn't allocate struct pci_controller"); - memset(controller, 0, sizeof(*controller)); controller->iommu = ioc; sac->sysdata = controller; @@ -1737,12 +1735,10 @@ ioc_init(u64 hpa, void *handle) struct ioc *ioc; struct ioc_iommu *info; - ioc = kmalloc(sizeof(*ioc), GFP_KERNEL); + ioc = kzalloc(sizeof(*ioc), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ioc) return NULL; - memset(ioc, 0, sizeof(*ioc)); - ioc->next = ioc_list; ioc_list = ioc; diff -puN arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c~ia64-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c --- a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c~ia64-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc +++ a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c @@ -684,12 +684,11 @@ static int get_async_struct(int line, st *ret_info = sstate->info; return 0; } - info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct async_struct), GFP_KERNEL); + info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct async_struct), GFP_KERNEL); if (!info) { sstate->count--; return -ENOMEM; } - memset(info, 0, sizeof(struct async_struct)); init_waitqueue_head(&info->open_wait); init_waitqueue_head(&info->close_wait); init_waitqueue_head(&info->delta_msr_wait); diff -puN arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c~ia64-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c~ia64-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc +++ a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c @@ -853,9 +853,8 @@ pfm_context_alloc(void) * allocate context descriptor * must be able to free with interrupts disabled */ - ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(pfm_context_t), GFP_KERNEL); + ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(pfm_context_t), GFP_KERNEL); if (ctx) { - memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(pfm_context_t)); DPRINT(("alloc ctx @%p\n", ctx)); } return ctx; diff -puN arch/ia64/pci/pci.c~ia64-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc arch/ia64/pci/pci.c --- a/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c~ia64-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc +++ a/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c @@ -125,11 +125,10 @@ alloc_pci_controller (int seg) { struct pci_controller *controller; - controller = kmalloc(sizeof(*controller), GFP_KERNEL); + controller = kzalloc(sizeof(*controller), GFP_KERNEL); if (!controller) return NULL; - memset(controller, 0, sizeof(*controller)); controller->segment = seg; controller->node = -1; return controller; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from burman.yan@xxxxxxxxx are reiser-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch nfsd-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kcalloc.patch jffs2-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch affs-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch ia64-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch arm26-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch powerpc-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch m68k-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch jffs-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch hostap-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch prism54-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kzalloc.patch ipw2200-replace-kmallocmemset-with-kcalloc.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