The patch titled
slip: Replace kmalloc() + memset() pairs with the appropriate kzalloc() calls
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
slip-replace-kmalloc-memset-pairs-with-the.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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Subject: slip: Replace kmalloc() + memset() pairs with the appropriate kzalloc() calls
From: joe jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx>
This patch replace kmalloc() + memset() pairs with the appropriate
kzalloc().
Signed-off-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/slip.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/net/slip.c~slip-replace-kmalloc-memset-pairs-with-the drivers/net/slip.c
--- a/drivers/net/slip.c~slip-replace-kmalloc-memset-pairs-with-the
+++ a/drivers/net/slip.c
@@ -1343,15 +1343,12 @@ static int __init slip_init(void)
printk(KERN_INFO "SLIP linefill/keepalive option.\n");
#endif
- slip_devs = kmalloc(sizeof(struct net_device *)*slip_maxdev, GFP_KERNEL);
+ slip_devs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct net_device *)*slip_maxdev, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!slip_devs) {
printk(KERN_ERR "SLIP: Can't allocate slip devices array! Uaargh! (-> No SLIP available)\n");
return -ENOMEM;
}
- /* Clear the pointer array, we allocate devices when we need them */
- memset(slip_devs, 0, sizeof(struct net_device *)*slip_maxdev);
-
/* Fill in our line protocol discipline, and register it */
if ((status = tty_register_ldisc(N_SLIP, &sl_ldisc)) != 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "SLIP: can't register line discipline (err = %d)\n", status);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx are
git-net.patch
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