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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 19:02:34 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com> To: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl> cc: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] sound : Replace kmalloc()+memset(0) with kzalloc(). On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Mariusz Kozlowski wrote: > 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. i actually thought about that, but decided to restrict that submission to just the kmalloc/memset replacement. a subsequent patch could do a global change of all k*alloc calls to get rid of superfluous casts. rday - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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