linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] Forgotten memset

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Message-ID: <20060719013407.GG30823@lumumba.uhasselt.be>
Date:	Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:34:07 +0200
From:	takis@...umba.uhasselt.be (Panagiotis Issaris)
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-eata@...onnect.net
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Forgotten memset

From: Panagiotis Issaris <takis@...aris.org>

Was this forgotten and therefore, is it necessary or useful to zero this
out?

Signed-off-by: Panagiotis Issaris <takis@...aris.org>
---
Applies to current GIT or 2.6.18-rc2. Compile-tested with 
make allyesconfig.

 drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
index 57f460e..ee1662c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static int idescsi_check_condition(ide_d
 
 	/* stuff a sense request in front of our current request */
 	pc = kzalloc (sizeof (idescsi_pc_t), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	rq = kmalloc (sizeof (struct request), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	rq = kzalloc (sizeof (struct request), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	buf = kzalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (pc == NULL || rq == NULL || buf == NULL) {
 		kfree(buf);
-- 
1.4.1.gd3ba6

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