netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] packet: use vzalloc()

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Date:	Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:43:48 -0500
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] packet: use vzalloc()

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 06:31:54PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> alloc_one_pg_vec_page() is supposed to return zeroed memory, so use
> vzalloc() instead of vmalloc()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

Thanks Eric!

> ---
>  net/packet/af_packet.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> index b6372dd..422705d 100644
> --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
> +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> @@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ static inline char *alloc_one_pg_vec_page(unsigned long order,
>  	 * __get_free_pages failed, fall back to vmalloc
>  	 */
>  	*flags |= PGV_FROM_VMALLOC;
> -	buffer = vmalloc((1 << order) * PAGE_SIZE);
> +	buffer = vzalloc((1 << order) * PAGE_SIZE);
>  
>  	if (buffer)
>  		return buffer;
> 
> 
> 
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