netdev - [PATCH v2 net-next 3/3] liquidio: lowmem: init allocated memory to 0

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2017 17:51:37 -0700
From:   Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com,
        derek.chickles@...ium.com, satananda.burla@...ium.com,
        ricardo.farrington@...ium.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next 3/3] liquidio: lowmem: init allocated memory to 0

From: Rick Farrington <ricardo.farrington@...ium.com>

For defensive programming, zero the allocated block 'oct->droq[0]' in
octeon_setup_output_queues() and 'oct->instr_queue[0]' in
octeon_setup_instr_queues().

Signed-off-by: Rick Farrington <ricardo.farrington@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Satanand Burla <satananda.burla@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghu Vatsavayi <raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
index 623e28c..f10014f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
@@ -876,11 +876,11 @@ int octeon_setup_instr_queues(struct octeon_device *oct)
 
 	oct->num_iqs = 0;
 
-	oct->instr_queue[0] = vmalloc_node(sizeof(*oct->instr_queue[0]),
+	oct->instr_queue[0] = vzalloc_node(sizeof(*oct->instr_queue[0]),
 				numa_node);
 	if (!oct->instr_queue[0])
 		oct->instr_queue[0] =
-			vmalloc(sizeof(struct octeon_instr_queue));
+			vzalloc(sizeof(struct octeon_instr_queue));
 	if (!oct->instr_queue[0])
 		return 1;
 	memset(oct->instr_queue[0], 0, sizeof(struct octeon_instr_queue));
@@ -923,9 +923,9 @@ int octeon_setup_output_queues(struct octeon_device *oct)
 		desc_size = CFG_GET_DEF_RX_BUF_SIZE(CHIP_CONF(oct, cn23xx_vf));
 	}
 	oct->num_oqs = 0;
-	oct->droq[0] = vmalloc_node(sizeof(*oct->droq[0]), numa_node);
+	oct->droq[0] = vzalloc_node(sizeof(*oct->droq[0]), numa_node);
 	if (!oct->droq[0])
-		oct->droq[0] = vmalloc(sizeof(*oct->droq[0]));
+		oct->droq[0] = vzalloc(sizeof(*oct->droq[0]));
 	if (!oct->droq[0])
 		return 1;
 
-- 
2.9.0