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Date:	Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:13:57 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	arjan@...radead.org, jj@...osbits.net, tglx@...utronix.de,
	wli@...omorphy.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/core] profile: Use vzalloc() rather than vmalloc() & memset()

Commit-ID:  559fa6e76b271b98ff641fa2a968aa2439e43c28
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/559fa6e76b271b98ff641fa2a968aa2439e43c28
Author:     Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
AuthorDate: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:56:26 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:47:26 +0100

profile: Use vzalloc() rather than vmalloc() & memset()

There's no reason to memset() manually when we have vzalloc().

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc: William Irwin <wli@...omorphy.com>
LKML-Reference: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1010302150310.1572@...mpdragon.chaosbits.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 kernel/profile.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 66f841b..14c9f87 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -126,11 +126,9 @@ int __ref profile_init(void)
 	if (prof_buffer)
 		return 0;
 
-	prof_buffer = vmalloc(buffer_bytes);
-	if (prof_buffer) {
-		memset(prof_buffer, 0, buffer_bytes);
+	prof_buffer = vzalloc(buffer_bytes);
+	if (prof_buffer)
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	free_cpumask_var(prof_cpu_mask);
 	return -ENOMEM;
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