linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] qed: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset

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Date:   Mon, 1 Jan 2018 12:07:47 +0000
From:   "Tayar, Tomer" <Tomer.Tayar@...ium.com>
To:     Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>,
        "Elior, Ariel" <Ariel.Elior@...ium.com>
CC:     Dept-Eng Everest Linux L2 <Dept-EngEverestLinuxL2@...ium.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "mcgrof@...nel.org" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] qed: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset

From: Himanshu Jha [mailto:himanshujha199640@...il.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2017 5:37 PM

> Use dma_zalloc_coherent and vzalloc for allocating zeroed
> memory and remove unnecessary memset function.
> 
> Done using Coccinelle.
> Generated-by: scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci
> 0-day tested with no failures.
> 
> Suggested-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>

Thanks
Acked-by: Tomer Tayar <Tomer.Tayar@...ium.com>