linux-ext4 - [PATCH] jbd2: use kmem_cache_zalloc instead of kmem_cache

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Date:	Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:24:23 +0800
From:	Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
Subject: [PATCH] jbd2: use kmem_cache_zalloc instead of kmem_cache_alloc/memset

From: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>

Now jbd2_alloc_handle is only called by new_handle.  So this commit
uses kmem_cache_zalloc instead of kmem_cache_alloc/memset.

Signed-off-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
---
 fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 1 -
 include/linux/jbd2.h  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 63834eb..3abdad1 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ static handle_t *new_handle(int nblocks)
 	handle_t *handle = jbd2_alloc_handle(GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!handle)
 		return NULL;
-	memset(handle, 0, sizeof(*handle));
 	handle->h_buffer_credits = nblocks;
 	handle->h_ref = 1;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 04c04dc..c9fc7df 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *jbd2_handle_cache;
 
 static inline handle_t *jbd2_alloc_handle(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc(jbd2_handle_cache, gfp_flags);
+	return kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_handle_cache, gfp_flags);
 }
 
 static inline void jbd2_free_handle(handle_t *handle)
-- 
1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e

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