The patch titled
Subject: kernel/auditsc.c: use kzalloc instead of kmalloc+memset
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
auditsc-use-kzalloc-instead-of-kmallocmemset.patch
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From: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/auditsc.c: use kzalloc instead of kmalloc+memset
In audit_alloc_context() use kzalloc instead of kmalloc+memset. Also
rename audit_zero_context() to audit_set_context(), to represent it's
inner workings properly.
Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/auditsc.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/auditsc.c~auditsc-use-kzalloc-instead-of-kmallocmemset kernel/auditsc.c
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c~auditsc-use-kzalloc-instead-of-kmallocmemset
+++ a/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1034,10 +1034,9 @@ static inline void audit_free_aux(struct
}
}
-static inline void audit_zero_context(struct audit_context *context,
+static inline void audit_set_context(struct audit_context *context,
enum audit_state state)
{
- memset(context, 0, sizeof(*context));
context->state = state;
context->prio = state == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT ? ~0ULL : 0;
}
@@ -1046,9 +1045,10 @@ static inline struct audit_context *audi
{
struct audit_context *context;
- if (!(context = kmalloc(sizeof(*context), GFP_KERNEL)))
+ context = kzalloc(sizeof(*context), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!context)
return NULL;
- audit_zero_context(context, state);
+ audit_set_context(context, state);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&context->killed_trees);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&context->names_list);
return context;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx are
auditsc-use-kzalloc-instead-of-kmallocmemset.patch
auditsc-use-kzalloc-instead-of-kmallocmemset-fix.patch
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