The patch titled tty_io: Use kzalloc has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is tty_io-use-kzalloc.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: tty_io: Use kzalloc From: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Also remove needless casts. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/tty_io.c | 11 +++-------- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/tty_io.c~tty_io-use-kzalloc drivers/char/tty_io.c --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c~tty_io-use-kzalloc +++ a/drivers/char/tty_io.c @@ -2026,11 +2026,9 @@ static int init_dev(struct tty_driver *d } if (!*ltp_loc) { - ltp = (struct ktermios *) kmalloc(sizeof(struct ktermios), - GFP_KERNEL); + ltp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ktermios), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ltp) goto free_mem_out; - memset(ltp, 0, sizeof(struct ktermios)); } if (driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY) { @@ -2059,11 +2057,9 @@ static int init_dev(struct tty_driver *d } if (!*o_ltp_loc) { - o_ltp = (struct ktermios *) - kmalloc(sizeof(struct ktermios), GFP_KERNEL); + o_ltp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ktermios), GFP_KERNEL); if (!o_ltp) goto free_mem_out; - memset(o_ltp, 0, sizeof(struct ktermios)); } /* @@ -3748,9 +3744,8 @@ struct tty_driver *alloc_tty_driver(int { struct tty_driver *driver; - driver = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tty_driver), GFP_KERNEL); + driver = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tty_driver), GFP_KERNEL); if (driver) { - memset(driver, 0, sizeof(struct tty_driver)); driver->magic = TTY_DRIVER_MAGIC; driver->num = lines; /* later we'll move allocation of tables here */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx are hdaps-switch-to-using-input-polldev.patch applesmc-switch-to-using-input-polldev.patch ams-switch-to-using-input-polldev.patch tty_io-use-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