The patch titled
kernel/profile.c: use vzalloc instead of vmalloc+memset
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kernel-profilec-use-vzalloc-instead-of-vmallocmemset.patch
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Subject: kernel/profile.c: use vzalloc instead of vmalloc+memset
From: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/profile.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/profile.c~kernel-profilec-use-vzalloc-instead-of-vmallocmemset kernel/profile.c
--- a/kernel/profile.c~kernel-profilec-use-vzalloc-instead-of-vmallocmemset
+++ a/kernel/profile.c
@@ -126,11 +126,9 @@ int __ref profile_init(void)
if (prof_buffer)
return 0;
- prof_buffer = vmalloc(buffer_bytes);
- if (prof_buffer) {
- memset(prof_buffer, 0, buffer_bytes);
+ prof_buffer = vzalloc(buffer_bytes);
+ if (prof_buffer)
return 0;
- }
free_cpumask_var(prof_cpu_mask);
return -ENOMEM;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
kernel-profilec-use-vzalloc-instead-of-vmallocmemset.patch
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