The patch titled usb: use kzfree() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is usb-use-kzfree.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: usb: use kzfree() From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Use kzfree() instead of memset() + kfree(). Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/host/hwa-hc.c | 3 +-- drivers/usb/wusbcore/cbaf.c | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/usb/host/hwa-hc.c~usb-use-kzfree drivers/usb/host/hwa-hc.c --- a/drivers/usb/host/hwa-hc.c~usb-use-kzfree +++ a/drivers/usb/host/hwa-hc.c @@ -464,8 +464,7 @@ static int __hwahc_dev_set_key(struct wu port_idx << 8 | iface_no, keyd, keyd_len, 1000 /* FIXME: arbitrary */); - memset(keyd, 0, sizeof(*keyd)); /* clear keys etc. */ - kfree(keyd); + kzfree(keyd); /* clear keys etc. */ return result; } diff -puN drivers/usb/wusbcore/cbaf.c~usb-use-kzfree drivers/usb/wusbcore/cbaf.c --- a/drivers/usb/wusbcore/cbaf.c~usb-use-kzfree +++ a/drivers/usb/wusbcore/cbaf.c @@ -638,8 +638,7 @@ static void cbaf_disconnect(struct usb_i usb_put_intf(iface); kfree(cbaf->buffer); /* paranoia: clean up crypto keys */ - memset(cbaf, 0, sizeof(*cbaf)); - kfree(cbaf); + kzfree(cbaf); } static struct usb_device_id cbaf_id_table[] = { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx are slab-introduce-kzfree.patch linux-next.patch crypto-use-kzfree.patch s390-use-kzfree.patch md-use-kzfree.patch usb-use-kzfree.patch cifs-use-kzfree.patch ecryptfs-use-kzfree.patch swsusp-clean-up-shrink_all_zones.patch swsusp-dont-fiddle-with-swappiness.patch vmscan-rename-scmay_swap-to-may_unmap.patch mm-introduce-for_each_populated_zone-macro.patch mm-introduce-for_each_populated_zone-macro-cleanup.patch mm-shrink_all_memory-use-scnr_reclaimed.patch mm-shrink_all_memory-use-scnr_reclaimed-checkpatch-fixes.patch vmscan-clip-swap_cluster_max-in-shrink_all_memory.patch memcg-remove-mem_cgroup_calc_mapped_ratio-take2.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