linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] staging: unisys: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc/memset

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:51:32 +0200
From:	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:	benjamin.romer@...sys.com, david.kershner@...sys.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	sparmaintainer@...sys.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] staging: unisys: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc/memset

This patch turns a kmalloc/memset into an equivalent kzalloc.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c
index 6db4719..bbc907d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c
@@ -281,12 +281,11 @@ devmajorminor_create_file(struct visor_device *dev, const char *name,
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto away;
 	}
-	myattr = kmalloc(sizeof(*myattr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	myattr = kzalloc(sizeof(*myattr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!myattr) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto away;
 	}
-	memset(myattr, 0, sizeof(struct devmajorminor_attribute));
 	myattr->show = DEVMAJORMINOR_ATTR;
 	myattr->store = NULL;
 	myattr->slot = slot;
-- 
2.1.4

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