linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] driver/scsi/fnic/fnic_trace: Use vzalloc to zero instead of vmalloc+memset

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Date:   Thu, 2 Aug 2018 14:16:47 +0800
From:   zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        <aacraid@...rosemi.com>, linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] driver/scsi/fnic/fnic_trace: Use vzalloc to zero
 instead of vmalloc+memset

On 2018/8/1 23:30, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 4:26 PM, zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com> wrote:
>> The vzalloc is better than vmalloc+memset, so replace them to make
>> the code concise.
>> -       fnic_trace_buf_p = (unsigned long)vmalloc((trace_max_pages * PAGE_SIZE));
>> +       fnic_trace_buf_p = (unsigned long)vzalloc((trace_max_pages * PAGE_SIZE));
> At the same time you may get rid of unnecessary parens.
>
Thanks , I will repost with the change.

Thanks
zhong jiang