linux-kernel - [PATCH] AMD Microcode: Prefer vzalloc() over calls to vmalloc()+memset()

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Date:	Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:23:14 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	Peter Oruba <peter.oruba@....com>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	amd64-microcode@...64.org
Subject: [PATCH] AMD Microcode: Prefer vzalloc() over calls to
 vmalloc()+memset()

Hi,

We don't have to do memset() ourselves after vmalloc() when we have 
vzalloc(), so change that in 
arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c::get_next_ucode().

Please CC me on replies.


Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
compile tested only.

 microcode_amd.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index e1af7c0..d46e805 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -183,9 +183,8 @@ get_next_ucode(const u8 *buf, unsigned int size, unsigned int *mc_size)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	mc = vmalloc(UCODE_MAX_SIZE);
+	mc = vzalloc(UCODE_MAX_SIZE);
 	if (mc) {
-		memset(mc, 0, UCODE_MAX_SIZE);
 		if (get_ucode_data(mc, buf + UCODE_CONTAINER_SECTION_HDR,
 				   total_size)) {
 			vfree(mc);


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