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Date:	Fri, 8 Dec 2006 00:55:14 +0100
From:	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sound : Replace kmalloc()+memset(0) with kzalloc().

Hello, 


>   Replace all appropriate kmalloc() + memset() combinations with
> kzalloc() throughout the sound/ directory.

[... cut ...]

> diff --git a/sound/oss/i810_audio.c b/sound/oss/i810_audio.c
> index c3c8a72..f5e31f1 100644
> --- a/sound/oss/i810_audio.c
> +++ b/sound/oss/i810_audio.c
> @@ -2580,10 +2580,9 @@ static int i810_open(struct inode *inode
>  		for (i = 0; i < NR_HW_CH && card && !card->initializing; i++) {
>  			if (card->states[i] == NULL) {
>  				state = card->states[i] = (struct i810_state *)
> -					kmalloc(sizeof(struct i810_state), GFP_KERNEL);
> +					kzalloc(sizeof(struct i810_state), GFP_KERNEL);

You can remove those casts while you're at it.

-- 
Regards,

	Mariusz Kozlowski
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