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Date:	Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:49:29 -0500 (EST)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] fs: Convert kmalloc() + memset() to kzalloc() in fs/.

  Convert the single available instance of kmalloc() + memset() to
kzalloc() in the fs/ directory.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>

---

  (Re-submission of earlier patch, but omitting erroneous part of
that patch.  Sorry about that.  Nothing but decaf in the house.)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index f86d5c9..789c1c6 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -709,12 +709,11 @@ #endif
 		return -ELIBBAD;

 	size = sizeof(*loadmap) + nloads * sizeof(*seg);
-	loadmap = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	loadmap = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!loadmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;

 	params->loadmap = loadmap;
-	memset(loadmap, 0, size);

 	loadmap->version = ELF32_FDPIC_LOADMAP_VERSION;
 	loadmap->nsegs = nloads;
-
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