The patch titled fs/jffs2/malloc.c: kmem_cache_alloc/memset -> kmem_cache_zalloc has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fs-jffs2-mallocc-kmem_cache_alloc-memset-kmem_cache_zalloc.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: fs/jffs2/malloc.c: kmem_cache_alloc/memset -> kmem_cache_zalloc From: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Used kmem_cache_zalloc instead of kmem_cache_alloc/memset. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jffs2/malloc.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/jffs2/malloc.c~fs-jffs2-mallocc-kmem_cache_alloc-memset-kmem_cache_zalloc fs/jffs2/malloc.c --- a/fs/jffs2/malloc.c~fs-jffs2-mallocc-kmem_cache_alloc-memset-kmem_cache_zalloc +++ a/fs/jffs2/malloc.c @@ -284,10 +284,9 @@ void jffs2_free_inode_cache(struct jffs2 struct jffs2_xattr_datum *jffs2_alloc_xattr_datum(void) { struct jffs2_xattr_datum *xd; - xd = kmem_cache_alloc(xattr_datum_cache, GFP_KERNEL); + xd = kmem_cache_zalloc(xattr_datum_cache, GFP_KERNEL); dbg_memalloc("%p\n", xd); - memset(xd, 0, sizeof(struct jffs2_xattr_datum)); xd->class = RAWNODE_CLASS_XATTR_DATUM; xd->node = (void *)xd; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xd->xindex); @@ -303,10 +302,9 @@ void jffs2_free_xattr_datum(struct jffs2 struct jffs2_xattr_ref *jffs2_alloc_xattr_ref(void) { struct jffs2_xattr_ref *ref; - ref = kmem_cache_alloc(xattr_ref_cache, GFP_KERNEL); + ref = kmem_cache_zalloc(xattr_ref_cache, GFP_KERNEL); dbg_memalloc("%p\n", ref); - memset(ref, 0, sizeof(struct jffs2_xattr_ref)); ref->class = RAWNODE_CLASS_XATTR_REF; ref->node = (void *)ref; return ref; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from yjwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch scsi-used-kmem_cache_zalloc-instead-of-kmem_cache_alloc-memset.patch fs-jffs2-mallocc-kmem_cache_alloc-memset-kmem_cache_zalloc.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