linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/6] mvsas: Cocci spatch "pool

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Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:15:26 +0200
From:   Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
To:     jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] mvsas: Cocci spatch "pool_zalloc-simple"

Use *_pool_zalloc rather than *_pool_alloc followed by memset with 0.
Found by coccinelle spatch "api/alloc/pool_zalloc-simple.cocci"

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
---

diff -u -p a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
@@ -790,12 +790,11 @@ static int mvs_task_prep(struct sas_task
 	slot->n_elem = n_elem;
 	slot->slot_tag = tag;
 
-	slot->buf = dma_pool_alloc(mvi->dma_pool, GFP_ATOMIC, &slot->buf_dma);
+	slot->buf = dma_pool_zalloc(mvi->dma_pool, GFP_ATOMIC, &slot->buf_dma);
 	if (!slot->buf) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_out_tag;
 	}
-	memset(slot->buf, 0, MVS_SLOT_BUF_SZ);
 
 	tei.task = task;
 	tei.hdr = &mvi->slot[tag];