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Date:	Sat, 28 May 2011 19:48:12 +0200
From:	Heiko Stübner <heiko@...ech.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Jaya Kumar <jayalk@...works.biz>, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [TRIVIAL PATCH next 12/15] video: Convert vmalloc/memset to vzalloc

Am Samstag 28 Mai 2011, 19:36:32 schrieb Joe Perches:
> diff --git a/drivers/video/arcfb.c b/drivers/video/arcfb.c
> index 3ec4923..86573e2 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/arcfb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/arcfb.c
> @@ -515,11 +515,10 @@ static int __devinit arcfb_probe(struct
> platform_device *dev)
> 
>  	/* We need a flat backing store for the Arc's
>  	   less-flat actual paged framebuffer */
> -	if (!(videomemory = vmalloc(videomemorysize)))
> +	videomemory = vmalloc(videomemorysize);
> +	if (!videomemory)
>  		return retval;
shouldn't this be vzalloc too?

> -	memset(videomemory, 0, videomemorysize);
> -
>  	info = framebuffer_alloc(sizeof(struct arcfb_par), &dev->dev);
>  	if (!info)
>  		goto err;


Heiko
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