linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset

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Date:   Tue,  9 Jan 2018 02:15:31 +0530
From:   Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
To:     kvalo@...eaurora.org
Cc:     arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com, franky.lin@...adcom.com,
        hante.meuleman@...adcom.com, chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com,
        wright.feng@...ress.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        brcm80211-dev-list@...ress.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andy.shevchenko@...il.com,
        Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset

Use dma_zalloc_coherent for allocating zeroed
memory and remove unnecessary memset function.

Generated-by: scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci

Suggested-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
---
v2:
   -corrected the patch to be applied into the branch without corruption
 .../net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/pcie.c  | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/pcie.c
index 3c87157..8752707 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/pcie.c
@@ -1251,14 +1251,14 @@ static int brcmf_pcie_init_scratchbuffers(struct brcmf_pciedev_info *devinfo)
 	u64 address;
 	u32 addr;
 
-	devinfo->shared.scratch = dma_alloc_coherent(&devinfo->pdev->dev,
-		BRCMF_DMA_D2H_SCRATCH_BUF_LEN,
-		&devinfo->shared.scratch_dmahandle, GFP_KERNEL);
+	devinfo->shared.scratch =
+		dma_zalloc_coherent(&devinfo->pdev->dev,
+					BRCMF_DMA_D2H_SCRATCH_BUF_LEN,
+					&devinfo->shared.scratch_dmahandle,
+					GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!devinfo->shared.scratch)
 		goto fail;
 
-	memset(devinfo->shared.scratch, 0, BRCMF_DMA_D2H_SCRATCH_BUF_LEN);
-
 	addr = devinfo->shared.tcm_base_address +
 	       BRCMF_SHARED_DMA_SCRATCH_ADDR_OFFSET;
 	address = (u64)devinfo->shared.scratch_dmahandle;
@@ -1268,14 +1268,14 @@ static int brcmf_pcie_init_scratchbuffers(struct brcmf_pciedev_info *devinfo)
 	       BRCMF_SHARED_DMA_SCRATCH_LEN_OFFSET;
 	brcmf_pcie_write_tcm32(devinfo, addr, BRCMF_DMA_D2H_SCRATCH_BUF_LEN);
 
-	devinfo->shared.ringupd = dma_alloc_coherent(&devinfo->pdev->dev,
-		BRCMF_DMA_D2H_RINGUPD_BUF_LEN,
-		&devinfo->shared.ringupd_dmahandle, GFP_KERNEL);
+	devinfo->shared.ringupd =
+		dma_zalloc_coherent(&devinfo->pdev->dev,
+					BRCMF_DMA_D2H_RINGUPD_BUF_LEN,
+					&devinfo->shared.ringupd_dmahandle,
+					GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!devinfo->shared.ringupd)
 		goto fail;
 
-	memset(devinfo->shared.ringupd, 0, BRCMF_DMA_D2H_RINGUPD_BUF_LEN);
-
 	addr = devinfo->shared.tcm_base_address +
 	       BRCMF_SHARED_DMA_RINGUPD_ADDR_OFFSET;
 	address = (u64)devinfo->shared.ringupd_dmahandle;
-- 
2.7.4