linux-kernel - Re: kmalloc to kzalloc patches for drivers/atm [sane version]

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Date:	Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:36:39 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Om Narasimhan" <om.turyx@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...ts.osdl.org,
	linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: kmalloc to kzalloc patches for drivers/atm [sane version]

Hi,

On 9/21/06, Om Narasimhan <om.turyx@...il.com> wrote:
> -       dev->atm_vccs = kmalloc (dev->nchannels * sizeof (struct atm_vcc *),
> +       dev->atm_vccs = kcalloc (sizeof (struct atm_vcc *), dev->nchannels,
>                                 GFP_KERNEL);

kcalloc's first argument is number of elements to allocate, size is
the second argument.

>
> -       scq = (struct scq_info *) kmalloc(sizeof(struct scq_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> +       scq = (struct scq_info *) kzalloc(sizeof(struct scq_info), GFP_KERNEL);

Kill this cast please.

-- 
Dmitry
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