netdev - [PATCH net] cxgb4: zero the HMA memory

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Date:   Wed,  9 May 2018 18:40:09 +0530
From:   Ganesh Goudar <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     nirranjan@...lsio.com, indranil@...lsio.com, venkatesh@...lsio.com,
        Ganesh Goudar <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] cxgb4: zero the HMA memory

firmware expects HMA memory to be zeroed, use __GFP_ZERO
for HMA memory allocation.

Fixes: 8b4e6b3ca2ed ("cxgb4: Add HMA support")
Signed-off-by: Ganesh Goudar <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 24d2865..c3ae575 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -3433,8 +3433,8 @@ static int adap_config_hma(struct adapter *adapter)
 	sgl = adapter->hma.sgt->sgl;
 	node = dev_to_node(adapter->pdev_dev);
 	for_each_sg(sgl, iter, sgt->orig_nents, i) {
-		newpage = alloc_pages_node(node, __GFP_NOWARN | GFP_KERNEL,
-					   page_order);
+		newpage = alloc_pages_node(node, __GFP_NOWARN | GFP_KERNEL |
+					   __GFP_ZERO, page_order);
 		if (!newpage) {
 			dev_err(adapter->pdev_dev,
 				"Not enough memory for HMA page allocation\n");
-- 
2.1.0